Editor's Kid

Human, humanity and humane treatment

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We have a slaughter under way in Gaza with the U.S. Congress now considering more aid to Israel. We have a humanitarian crisis at the border, not just with immigrants but with those trying to care for them. We have a continuing war in Ukraine with stalling on the part of some members of Congress. […]

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The purpose of editorial pages; does The Post have it wrong?

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An interesting case was discussed on Smerconish.com this morning. I love to watch this show and feel it brings depth to current issues. The poll questions also are helpful, and this week’s concerns The Washington Post’s removal of an editorial cartoon from its pages. The Post’s position The editorial page editor apologized for allowing the […]

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Dead, dead and more dead

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The massacre of Israelis by Hamas was horrendous, 1,400 slain, as we all know. Killings in Gaza The killings in Gaza are horrendous, 8,500 slain, as we know so far. And now we know also some 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers in the Occupied West Bank. Another 1,000 there are homeless. Demonstrations […]

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Not new, not unexpected, still horrific

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I’m not going to impress you with statistics about the dead, captured and injured in Israel. Nor will I give you similar statistics for Gaza. Mimicking Thomas Friedman But I will repeat what New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said today that the Hamas attack on Israel on Saturday was no surprise. No one knew […]