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Author: Sheila Marler

  • Political Zionism is an Anachronism

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    Reading Time: 7 minutesMorris Jastrow wrote in 1919 that Israel is a ‘glorified ghetto’. When you think about it, the conditions of Jewish life before the Enlightenment have been perfectly reproduced in Palestine.

  • Defeating Zionism

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the last century, events have transpired with no relation to the understanding Morris Jastrow Jr. tried to convey. The result is that in spite of his efforts, Zionism has prospered.

  • Laudato Si’ and Progressivism

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOur environmental problems are the result of 200 years of industrialization. The philosophical and technological developments that enabled the Industrial Revolution were made possible by the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was not only independent of the Catholic Church, it opposed the authority of the Church.  Therefore, the Church is in a unique position…

  • Plato’s Influence on Our World

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesPlato has ruled the world for 2500 years through his lasting influence on philosophy, politics, and religion. It’s time we paid attention to Plato’s influence on our world.

  • The Poetry of Democracy

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesHarold Kaplan said ‘humanist aspirations’ are the dominant American intellectual tradition. But an abstract notion of democratic humanism is only part of the story. Kaplan explains democratic humanism in the context of writers of the American classics: Emerson, Thoreau, Cooper, Poe, D. H. Lawrence, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Twain, and Henry James. They…

  • Was the Enlightenment Democratic?

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is no question that the Enlightenment and Reformation made the United States possible. But there have always been concerns about the Enlightenment.

  • Gaza’s Natural Gas Field

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    Reading Time: 5 minutesControl of gas and oil supplies is an important focus of Israel’s U.S. ‘protectors’. It appears this is a large motivation for the bombing of Gaza. The story of Gaza’s natural gas field and the U.S. military are missing in reporting of the bombing of Gaza. A natural gas field was discovered…

  • Christian Zionism Explains Everything

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you’ve wondered during the last twenty years at the overheated rhetoric of both Israel and the Western powers, Dr. Stephan Sizer will connect the dots in a video entitled The Historical Roots of Christian Zionism, It’s Theological Basis and Political Agenda. According to Sizer, Christian Zionism is the culprit behind the…

  • We Have High Expectations for Israel

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    Reading Time: 8 minutesWe have high expectations for Israel. Are they realistic? Judaism or Zionism? We are outraged about the behavior of Israel toward the Palestinians. At the same time, atrocities that are happening in other parts of the world don’t demand our attention. Apparently, we have high expectations for Israel. The question is, are…

  • Ukraine is a Lost Cause

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesJeffrey Sachs says Ukraine is a lost cause. Please watch his interview regarding Ukraine. The United States’s maneuvering has led step by step to war and the destruction of Ukraine. The entire Russia/Ukraine War is the result of a U.S. regime change venture, courtesy of U.S. neoconservatives, namely, President Biden, Victoria Nuland,…

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