Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes

                The off-year election results make it clear what matters to inspired voters is not the same stuff the media obsesses about....

      In the tragedy that is Israel and Gaza are implications the US should be chilled by.     Israel's intelligence and security failur...

NIGGERS, FLAGS AND RACISTS     The words are still shocking, even more so from an 11 year old.     "They ought to kill all the nig...

CREATING STABILITY     Old ideas have failed for centuries so we propose a novel  approach to fixing the middle east.  That follows below...

OK-HERE'S THE SHIRT      This blog is nothing if not sensitive to you, dear reader. Several of you responded that I should have shown...

BRIDGES NOT WALLS        On an assignment in Israel I spent time with a team of diplomats from both Israel and a Palestinian coalition.  ...

THE CONCEPT IS TO ENJOY      On most Fridays the words of Tamar, a driver I hired in Israel come into mind, "no self respecting Is...

ENDANGERED DINING       The San Luis Obispo Tribune headline called it a Foie Gras Feeding Frenzy .        As of July 1, there is a ban...

THE MOVE IS IRAN'S      The best analysis comes down to this-Iran will be hit by an Israeli strike unless it shows the world a sign...