[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post What is the first thing Joe Biden should do as president? He has many competing priorities. He must deal with the pandemic, restart the economy, reestablish U.S. credibility on the world stage and compete effectively with China. It turns out there is one thing he can...
Karbassi: Keep Retail Open During COVID to Ensure Economic Recovery
Last January, California confirmed its first case of COVID-19 at a time when the state had a record low 3.9% unemployment and a booming economy, a statement that seems radically far away from our present reality. However, if January 2020 was one of blissful ignorance, January 2021 can be one...
‘MLK/FBI’ Forbids Us to Relax
[aggregation-styles] The New Yorker In the late nineteen-fifties, James Stewart was on a roll. “Vertigo” came out in 1958, as did the sly and funny “Bell, Book and Candle,” followed by “Anatomy of a Murder,” in 1959. A decorated veteran and a loyal Republican, Stewart seemed at once trusty and...
Opinion: Why Are There So Few Courageous Senators?
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Now that Donald Trump has been defanged, leading Republicans are rushing to denounce him. It’s a little late. The circumstances were different then, but a year ago, only one Republican senator, Mitt Romney, backed impeachment. In a party that has been largely servile, Mr. Romney’s...
Has Trump Pushed the Republican Party to the Breaking Point?
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post The most remarkable thing about the tumultuous past few weeks in American politics has been the behavior not of President Trump but of the Republican Party. Trump acted just as he said he would — disputing the election result, refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer...
Opinion: Restoring Iran Nuclear Deal Is Good for Israel
[aggregation-styles] J Post The Biden administration, to be sworn in on January 20, will have to deal with many urgent issues at home and abroad and to repair the rubble left behind by the Trump administration. For Israel, despite the existential importance of reaching a two-state solution with the Palestinians...
OPINION: How Georgia’s Glorious Black-Jewish Alliance Triumphed Over the Pro-Trump Mob
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz Yesterday, the worst kind of history was made when a pro-Trump mobstormed the U.S. Capitol, breaching the doors of the hallowed chamber of the Senate in an attempted coup spurred on by President Trump. On the very same day, there was another, very different, historic milestone, obscured by...
Opinion: The Good News Hidden Within One of America’s Darkest Weeks
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription The bad news about America is all around us. This is surely one of the darkest weeks in the country’s history. But there is good news hidden within it — or at least the chance for a renewal of America’s promise. I don’t want to...
OPINION: What America Has Learned From Iranian Social Media
[aggregation-styles] Bloomberg Most Americans have no idea who Nahid Shirbisheh is. But in Iran, she has become a powerful symbol of resistance. A little over a year ago, she witnessed her son’s murder at a government protest in Tehran. Last month she released a video made at the location of...
OPINION: Measure P Failed – and Supreme Court Must Uphold This Fact. If Not, Hold On to Your Wallets.
In November 2018, citizens voted on the 30-year Measure P parks tax initiative that would have raised our sales taxes by 3/8 of a percent to the existing 7.975% sales tax in Fresno. It failed because it did not get 2/3 approval from voters, with only 52% approving the measure....
