"Inside a contrived news frame, destruction can nurture life. In media myth, we can be well-informed and ignorant of war’s realities. Along the way, the benefits of numbed quiescence and muffled dissent are vastly overrated."

"The political leaders and commentators speaking the loudest and urging the most reckless behavior have absolutely no clue what is actually happening in Iran. As was the case in Afghanistan and Iraq, everyone with a microphone and TV camera in front of them has now become an Iran expert. But, their badgering of the President is based more on an ideologically based fantasy of “spontaneous revolution,” than on reality."

Calling July 1, 1867, "Canada Day" celebrates nothing since one could argue every day in Canada is "Canada Day."

"It seems to be beyond the vision of both Hugo Chavez and John McCain to see that vast numbers of Iranian people, fed up with repression, are able to grasp the historical moment on their own while opposing the regime. The last thing they need or want is “help” from the U.S. government as they struggle for a democratic future."

"The three hundred thousand brave souls, like my father, who braved the elements and took the risk to leave the Arab world and come to America before 1920, came with nothing but their hopes and dreams and their belief that with hard work they could realize their aspirations. Our community today, numbering some 3.5 million, is the heir of their dreams and their work--and beneficiaries of the opportunities provided them in this new world. This we can never forget."

"This is a crucial time for anti-war activists and other progressive advocates to get more serious about congressional politics. It’s not enough to lobby for or against specific bills -- and it’s not enough to just get involved at election time. Officeholders must learn that there will be campaign consequences."

We live in irrational times, where truth is a commodity defined by the government and propagated by a compliant, corrupt media. Those who dissent from the prescribed verities are marginalized and persecuted, not because they are wrong but because they are right. In such a society, satire is the best source of truth, and the satirist is a dangerous man.

"Obama’s honesty is not in doubt. What prompts concern or skepticism is whether or not he has the strength to overcome political constraints in the US and Israel."