by Anastasiia Timmer Violent conflicts and atrocities can seem omnipresent in the world — and all the more traumatic in an age when wars are fought by […]
Tag: Israel-Hamas war
Security failures before Oct. 7 echo 9/11
by Carl P. Leubsdorf From the outset, the grim parallels have been uncanny. Both the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaida […]
Dec. 10 letters to the editor
The shadow over West Virginia’s solar future The allure of solar energy captivates the individual homeowner through its offer of energy independence and environmental stewardship. While my […]
Blaming Iran for all Middle East violence not right tack for U.S. policy
by Daniel DePetris The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned […]
In Gaza conflict, words like ‘terrorism’ and ‘genocide’ are potent weapons
by Page Fortna Since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, language is being used strategically in a contest over legitimacy in ways that blur important […]
Critical thinking is losing to TikTok
We’ve seen contagions induced by social media before. But the sudden popularity of TikTok videos in which confused young people muse on the merits of Osama bin […]
Another war, another forced relocation
by Patricia Steckler I’m confused. In second grade in the 1950s, my teacher taught us that Columbus discovered America. We learned about the Niña, the Pinta and […]
Don’t be fooled by Hamas’ propaganda
by Diane B. Gensler Hamas seems to be winning the war — the war in the court of public opinion. I see too large a number of […]
Where is outrage against Hamas?
by Marc Champion It’s something close to a law of nature that the farther people are from a conflict, the more simplistic their views about its causes […]
It’s becoming more dangerous to be a journalist
Good reporting depends on the bravery of good journalists who are willing to venture into unsafe places in order to get real and real-time information. War zones […]
