Other Thoughts and Comments

• It's hard to put into words my feelings about the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas and the Israeli response.
  Israeli novelist David Grossman does a very good job; and so does Nicholas Kristof.

• Swatting and the Dangerous Rise of Political Violence in the US.

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• To understand the Hamas massacre and its still unknowable consequences, In the Cities of Killing by David
  Remnick is moving and insightful.
  

• Israel, the I.R.S. and the Big Grift" by Paul Krugman.

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• Why are Republicans opposed to aid to Ukraine? Paul Krugman explains.
  

• "When conservative leaders took over Florida’s only public liberal arts institution,
  Hampshire College officials knew they had to help."
  

• It's great to read about NYPD's new intelligence chief: highly qualified to help keep us safe.
  She is the granddaughter of Stanislaw Ulam.
  

• Here are thoughts from a distinguished scientist, doctor and public servant at his retirement.
  

• Here is a Video by Ken Burns on Immigration to Celebrate July 4, 2022.

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• Here is sensible advice from Nicholas Kristof on regulating guns in analogy to how we regulate cars.
  

• Here is thorough reporting by the Washington Post about the Jan. 6, 2021 Insurrection.
  

• Here's the kind of story that keeps me going: A man from France dropped to the city pavement, one of more
  than 3,000 emergencies on this day alone.      A young police officer rushed to help.