Stories by Marty Jezer
The ability to learn from past mistakes, think with subtlety and nuance, and understand current events as a complexity of forces always in flux is an attribute voters should look for in all political candidates.
Posted on Mar 24, 2004
The GNP is a false measure of a phony prosperity and an irrelevant indicator of America's future.
Posted on Nov 6, 2003
Inoffensive and superficial, Hope's comedy spoke to a phony reality, an era of niceness that didn't exist.
Posted on Aug 4, 2003
When the infamous superhawk repudiated Likud's 'Greater Israel' fantasy, was he pragmatically acknowledging reality or cynically manipulating world opinion?
Posted on Jun 9, 2003
The case of Percy Schmeiser and the industry battle against the USDA organic labelling standards are signs of what's to come for our food supply.
Posted on Feb 27, 2003
In its eagerness to topple Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has paid little attention to what will happen the day after.
Posted on Feb 20, 2003
In the United States, confidence in the Bush Administration is evaporating, and it's no wonder. Reality is out-running the rhetoric.
Posted on Jan 23, 2003
King taught the concept of a "beloved community," an inclusive vision of humankind striving together for peace and justice.
Posted on Jan 16, 2003
The bombing in Kenya proves that Bush is fighting the wrong war at a time when the real enemy is on a global offensive.
Posted on Dec 5, 2002
In 1969, an anti-war demonstration in Washington drew more than half a million protesters and had a profound effect on government policy. A huge turnout at Saturday’s demonstrations could have a similar effect.
Posted on Oct 24, 2002
Some Democrats have spoken out against the war, but only as individual dissidents rather than leaders of the opposition. Time has come for Democrats to speak as one.
Posted on Sep 30, 2002
If the U.S. launches a unilateral attack on Iraq, it would be the moral equivalent of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Posted on Sep 11, 2002
Members of the right-wing cheerleading squad for the war on Iraq are distinguished both by their ferocity and a complete lack of military experience.
Posted on Aug 30, 2002
Greed threatens to cut the 2002 major league baseball season short as players and owners go head-to-head over the bottom line.
Posted on Aug 1, 2002
With both Israelis and Palestinians accusing the media of bias, it is now more important than ever for journalists to keep an open mind.
Posted on May 17, 2002
In the pantheon of founding fathers, John Adams is the least appreciated. But this forgotten President was one of our country's great visionaries, a brave and incorruptible public servant.
Posted on May 7, 2002
Some Jewish organizations in the U.S. accuse Arabs of anti-Semitism -- yet embrace right-wing Christian groups that denounce Jews.
Posted on Apr 29, 2002
I know what people are saying: this is no time for namby-pamby pacifism, no time for talk about tolerance. But a voice inside me disagrees.
Posted on Sep 11, 2001
While symbolically important, the McCain-Feingold Bill does very little to alter the system of legalized bribery by which political candidates get elected.
Posted on Apr 3, 2001
One of America's most delightful myths is that Louis Armstrong was born on July 4th, 1900. It's not true, but the myth speaks volumes about Louis's place in American culture.
Posted on Jun 27, 2000
Corporate America spent big to get the House of Representatives give China most favored nation trading status. But with a growing coalition opposing unfettered free trade, the battle over China will continue.
Posted on May 26, 2000
Proponents of free trade make good arguments in favor of granting China permanent normal trade relation status. At least they sound good until you look at the historical record.
Posted on May 19, 2000
"The reason why a rise in the minimum wage is difficult to pass and a liveable wage is still a pipe dream for millions of working Americans is not because of economic theory. It's because of campaign contributions and that good old-fashioned conservative value -- greed."
Posted on Apr 1, 2000
"The fatal shooting of African immigrant Amadou Diallo was clearly a case of racial profiling. But the police neither invented racism nor set the conditions in which it flourishes. As individuals, the four police officers are probably no more or less racist than anybody else. In the assumption behind their racial profiling, they reflect society and represent all of us."
Posted on Apr 1, 2000
