Hats off to Richard Forer, who courageously and truthfully examines an alternate viewpoint in his book, Breakthrough: Transforming Fear Into Compassion – A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

If the Republican budget cuts succeed, they will go down in history as the worst and most divisive in modern American history.

Lincoln said, “Government should do for people what they cannot do for themselves.”

President Obama is seeking re-election, so what else is new. And why not?

President Obama has finally taken a stand in favor of the revolt of the masses in Libya. It’s good and wise, but not, he said, a stand to depose of Muammar Gaddafi by military means. Obama hopes to force his ouster by other means.

Japan’s near nuclear meltdown has led all major nuclear countries to re-evaluate such power, considering its risks and dangers to humanity.

Is Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the new Joe McCarthy? Heaven forbid. I lived through that shameful era when some Americans were ostracized for being leftist or “pinkos” as they were branded.

America is suffering from attention deficit when it comes to the wars we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan – and to a lesser degree, our involvement in Pakistan and Yemen.

“Which Side Are You On?” was the song during the painful 1930s when the working class decided they needed decent wages and hours during a work day.

The Arab world is in flames with the people demanding their human rights and democracy, and what does the United States do? It casts a veto against a resolution condemning Israel for building illegal settlements on Palestinian land.