The facts of the most recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict are well-known Hamas invaded Israel, killed 1400 people and took another 241 people hostage into Gaza. Israel struck back, killing 9,000 Palestinians, according to Hamas. The mass media has been beating this drum, leading people to believe that the attack on Gaza is “senseless.” Jews say they don’t feel supported, not on…
This essay is a revision of a previous essay, How I Learned to Hate. “Let them eat sh**.” This is what my daughter’s piano teacher said to me in Russian over the phone about Ukrainians. A prim 68 year old woman who wears her hair in a bun, I was taken aback by her statement. “I’m from the Ukraine,” I…
Coming to Terms with Being an Anti-Russian Russian “Let them eat sh**.” This is what my daughter’s piano teacher said to me in Russian over the phone about Ukrainians. A prim 68 year old woman who wears her hair in a bun, I was taken aback by her statement. “I’m from the Ukraine,” I reminded her, still shocked by her…
I want to say thank you. Ukraine would not be alive without you. Many more people would be dead physically and spiritually. Not fighting a war is not an option for Ukraine right now. It is the equivalent of suicide. Some of you don’t follow the news, and you have a right not to. For others, it’s not an option.
Hysteria erupted since a leaked draft Supreme Court decision in May predicted the demise of Roe. Today, there is more fury at the Supreme Court’s official ruling that abortion is not a guaranteed right. But let’s face it, women still have options and this is by no means the end of abortion rights in America. For the record, I am…
Today marks the 86th day of the war in Ukraine, but who’s counting anymore. The war has become a habit. The shock and anger of the first few weeks has morphed into complacency.
Fourteenth in a series of political cartoons about the war in Ukraine.
Thirteenth in a series of political cartoons about the war in Ukraine.
Twelfth in a series of cartoons about the war in Ukraine.
Eleventh in a series of cartoons about the war in Ukraine.
