A great, and complicated, man died in August. For decades, Rabbi Michael Lerner was the leading Jewish American voice calling for Israel to understand what it had done to the
Democracy as an organizing principle of government is conventionally associated with Athens in ancient Greece. Pericles’ speech famously adumbrated the virtues of democracy, emphasizing the freedom of Athenian citizens to
I am glad to be able to offer here a review of Peter Shambrook’s Policy of Deceit: Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939, which was brought out in London last
I’m honored that Rajmohan Gandhi has invited me to submit some thoughts for his ambitious and much needed new publication. I’ve known Raj for many years, and I’
Across the world democracy is on the defensive. The political center is weakened; the extremes are emboldened. Civil discourse is rare and compromise scorned. Political parties on the right play
Published simultaneously in multiple cities in South India, the New Indian Express carries in its edition of August 15, India’s independence day, an article by me which I take
The performance of the newly installed Modi-led coalition government in the Indian parliament on the morning of Wednesday June 26 is worth looking at. Not for any ominous intervention
South Africa, too, emerging like India from crucial national elections, faces major questions, as do other lands. However, let me stay with India in this piece, and along with millions
Thousands of miles separate me from India as I type these lines, but a most amazing possibility is swallowing my sleep. The possibility is that the people of India may
“No real buzz for BJP in western UP” is Indian Express’s headline (Apr 15) for Neerja Chowdhury’s column written after the seasoned journalist talked with voters in an
