Steven’s Newsletter

If Gaza was Baja California

It may be useful to mark the 2-year anniversary of the Gaza War with some reflection that would make it more relevant here at home.

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025

Crazy is the new normal

As the pace of senseless acts of violence – mostly using guns – quickens, the definition of what’s “normal” seems to be shifting.

Sep 30 • 

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The Key Conundrum: Fight fire with fire or sugarwater?

David Brooks’ piece in today’s NYT “The Era of Dark Passions” goes to the heart of one of the key questions confronting America today.

Sep 19 • 

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Devolution not Revolution?

Will the US end up looking like Belgium?

Sep 4 • 

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The Greatest Threat to American Democracy….is American Democracy

The daily (hourly?) unconstitutional actions of the Trump Administration are usually met with the reasonable response that Trump was duly elected and…

Sep 2 • 

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August 2025

The Prince and my grandson

My almost 6-year-old grandson was recently with me for his annual summer visit to Papa on the lake in Maine.

Aug 23 • 

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Falling out of love: The Un-exceptionalism of Israel and America

There is an odd symmetry to the moment we are now living.

Aug 13 • 

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July 2025

The new Third Party: “None of the Above”

There is a common lament among “traditional” Republican voters in which they are often quoted as saying: “I didn’t leave the Republican Party; it left…

Jul 27 • 

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June 2025

Might makes right, and other lessons from the Tel Aviv and New York Stock Exchanges

It has become fashionable to insert into public discussion a phrase that usually begins with “some (many) people think…” In that vein, I note that “some…

Jun 23 • 

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Silver Linings on Father’s Day 2025

Amid the torrent of news on this Father’s Day, we have the option of focusing on the silver lining that accompanies every cloud.

Jun 15 • 

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Item #437 to worry about: Nuclear Confrontation between Israel and Iran

Would Netanyahu actually attack Iran to save himself?

Jun 12 • 

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Stopping Trump requires people to vote; that’s how things work in our democracy

Curing TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)

Jun 1 • 

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