If you expected President Joe Biden to be a stuttering old man with a puzzled look on his face and wearing Depends, you may be disappointed. In his first 100 days and in his first speech to a joint session of Congress, Biden's clear vision for the country has shown his potential as a transformational …
Continue reading Biden: damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
It’s amazing to think that just yesterday, when the Chauvin jury began its deliberations, it was so easy to fear the worst: that, despite the infamous video and compelling witness testimony, there would be a hung jury, a split decision or even a finding of not guilty on all counts. We’ve seen this story too …
The April 9, 2010 cover of Time Magazine still shocks. Eighteen-year-old Aisha, her nose cut off, was an all-too-common example of why we were told then that the United States should not leave Afghanistan. After Aisha had run away from home to escape an abusive husband and in-laws, they caught her, sliced off her ears …
Continue reading Biden to exit the “Graveyard of Empires.” What’s next?
The pictures grip our hearts; the policies spin our heads. Curbing the current flow of migrants at our southern border requires massive coordination, especially with the Northern Triangle nations of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. This means thinking creatively and applying wisely a variety of carrot-and-stick incentives, both there and here. It won’t be easy, …
The images from our southern border are disturbing. Watching hundreds of children and other would-be asylum seekers crowded into facilities meant to hold far fewer and only briefly is unsettling. It’s hard to shake the video clip of two men dropping a three-year-old and five-year-old over the barrier between Mexico and the United States, then running away from their callous act. Hearing dramatic anecdotes that …
Continue reading Immigration, pt 1 – Making Sense of the Scene at our Southern Border
Marjorie Arons-Barron 