Israel: Land of the Silent Majority: Part 1

Israel:  Land of the Silent Majority: Part 1 by Erin Solaro In any human endeavor, the standard is not perfection.  The standard is the alternative. Not just, what should you do, but what else can you, might you do?  And what else might others, similarly situated, do . . . or threaten to do? The [...]

America, Israel and Russia

America, Israel and Russia by Erin Solaro Genuine decadence is not the refusal to meet previous, and often putative, standards of excellence, but the refusal to do the things necessary to survive. By that standard, Russia is not decadent, it is enormously serious about its survival, at times far too much so in the past, [...]

Major Hasan and Treason

Major Hasan and Treason by Erin Solaro The issue is not whether Major Nidal Malik Hasan is a terrorist.  It is whether or not he is a traitor. Here are the known facts. Major Hasan, a field grade officer in an Army of a nation at war contacted and maintained contact with for an unknown [...]

On Torture

I’ve been following, at a distance, the “debates” on torture.  Since I’m in a race against time to finish a novel, I’ve pretty much punched out of current events.  My husband, the writer Philip Gold, sends me articles he thinks I should read, such as this one on Russian death squads in Chechnya.  Those who [...]