Re: "How can we contribute?" by Joan Vieira, Wednesday Letters. Vieira expresses concern about those poor people of Gaza. It seems to her that the "Holy Land Five" were doing nothing but helping the poor. What was taking place was...
Re: "Forcing patrons' hands -- Requiring philanthropists to meet diversity targets is absurd, says Heather Mac Donald," last Sunday Points. Thanks for printing Heather Mac Donald's essay on activists' insistence on diversity in the personnel of philanthropic foundations. This is...
Re: "Muslims must learn to love peace," by Larry Jacobs, Friday Letters. Jacobs tries to perpetuate the myth that Jews are a peace-loving people while Muslims are not. Aren't 1,300 dead Muslims -- a large number of them women and...
Re: "Too easy to pick sides -- Instead, let's focus on the innocents caught in Mideast crossfire, says Keith Brown," Saturday Viewpoints. I agree with Brown's plea to Jews and Arabs to empathize with each other and stop fighting so...
Western journalists cannot win in the Middle East. No matter how scrupulous you are in maintaining balance, one side or the other will eventually blast you. The Gaza conflict is a great example. Should Israel have been more careful to...
Re: "Stuck in travel hell -- Juan Fernando Gómez is an innocent trapped on the terrorist watch list," last Sunday Points. Gómez's column on civilians traveling as terrorists struck me as both frustrating and disappointing. Onlookers may write it off...
Re: "Bush official: 'We tortured' detainee -- Authorized actions against 9/11 suspect called too aggressive," Wednesday news story. Susan Crawford has a tortured definition of torture, and officials like her would leave us vulnerable to more terrorist attacks. Sleep deprivation?...
Re: "Who are the real Nazis? Calling Israeli actions Hitlerite helps Hamas defend its own, says Jonah Goldberg," Wednesday Viewpoints. I realize Goldberg isn't the brightest columnist. I'm also guessing he doesn't see the irony: He wrote a book equating...
Re: "Downtown rally opposes Gaza bombing -- Muslim protesters decry it as terrorism; Jewish groups say it's self-defense," Wednesday Metro. For months, Hamas has fired thousands of rockets and missiles into Israel. Finally Israel said, "Enough is enough" and retaliated....
That's the advice an unnamed pro-Hamas Muslim demonstrator dispenses rather volubly at a group of pro-Israel protesters, all of whom gathered on Tuesday in downtown Fort Lauderdale to argue over the Gaza War. See this video from the scene; the...
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