To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Observercast

The Suffering In Gaza

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Innocent people are suffering in Gaza. That is a fact. The question is: Who is responsible? The answer is simple and obvious. Hamas is to blame. And only Hamas. Hamas had to know when they invaded Israel and murdered innocent men, women and children, when they burned babies alive and raped their mothers, when they […]

You Can’t Stop Fentanyl

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Fentanyl has killed more Americans than the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. And lined up behind it are still more vicious street drugs. The Justice Department can indict Chinese companies producing fentanyl and the precursor chemicals used to make it. The Biden administration can pressure Mexico to come down harder on drug trafficking. […]

The Contemptible Thievery Of Gentrification

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Over time, words with beautiful meanings occasionally get degraded into ugliness. “Gentle,” for example. Originally meaning good-natured and kindly, it was twisted into “gentry” in the Middle Ages by very un-gentle land barons seeking a patina of refinement. Then it became a pretentious verb – to “gentrify” – meaning to make something common appear upscale. […]

Outing The Antisemites

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It should not be difficult to condemn terrorism. It has nothing to do with whether you support the current Israeli government and its policies. One can sympathize with the plight of the Palestinians, as many of us do. But that has nothing to do with the brutal murders of women and children and the elderly, […]

We Need Two Parties To Fix The Border. We Now Have Only One

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We have a crisis at the border that requires a functional U.S. Congress, and we don’t have one. President Joe Biden can only do what he can, and only of late has he sounded resolute. The “Republican-controlled” House of Representatives has no one in control. It is leaderless, and the possibility that the election-denier Jim […]