Over the past few days, I’ve been trying to formulate a response to disaster that embraces my...
Richard Silverstein
Silverstein is an independent journalist and has published Tikun Olam since 2003. It exposes the secrets of the Israeli national security state. He publishes regularly at the New Arab, and Jacobin Magazine. His work has also appeared in Al Jazeera English, The Nation, Truthout and other outlets.
I was visiting Julie Leung’s Seedlings & Sprouts, when I read something that made me quite jealous....
U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland spoke true words when he was quoted in this NY Times...
We have a beloved yellow Labrador named Gede (Balinese for “first born”) who’s been with us for...
Chalk another one up for the woefully ignorant and bigoted among us: Tariq Ramadan, who was named...
There has been so much good news regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict recently that I’m almost giddy with...
There can be no denying that what seems like decades of frozen ice are beginning to thaw...
I’ve just had one of those giddy moments one sometimes gets through blogging and spending lots of...
No, this site hasn’t all of a sudden become a champion of the Palestinian struggle. But kudos...
For at least two years, I’ve touted the idea of creating a discussion forum for progressives who...
Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner have done a marvelous job of recreating the magic that is Brundibar...
First, sorry for the deliberately provocative title…but I thought I’d shake people up a bit and perhaps...
