Articles by Robert Zaller
Oct. 14, 2022
What We Owe Vladimir Putin
Let there be no mistake: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds the current title as the world’s wickedest and most dangerous man. He is waging a…
Aug. 28, 2021
The Incredible Shrinking Presidency of Joe Biden
Is it too early to call the Biden administration a catastrophe? It is time, I am afraid, to tell it like it is. Example A…
Aug. 13, 2021
The peonization of Higher Education
Why should anybody not be able to have the college education I got? I spent four years getting my bachelor’s degree, followed by eight earning…
Jul. 18, 2021
It’s 9/11 All Over Again
The date the Champlain South Tower collapsed in Surfside, Florida — June 24, 2021 — may not live in infamy the way December 7 and…
Jun. 1, 2021
Is a Two Party Solution Possible in the U.S?
People these days are talking about whether a two-state solution is possible between Israelis and Palestinians, as they do after each fresh outbreak of violence…
May. 21, 2021
The Real Forever War: Israel and the Palestinians
Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw American soldiers from Afghanistan before Sept. 11 is not an end to the war in Afghanistan itself, a 40-year conflict…
May. 7, 2021
MOVE: The Shame of the City Without End
When I moved to Philadelphia in August of 1987 to take up a position at Drexel University, the ashes on the MOVE bombing had hardly…
May. 3, 2021
The look in Derek Chauvin’s eyes
What America does, the world sees. The trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd was broadcast internationally, and it was not simply…
Apr. 23, 2021
No Exit: The American Withdrawal from Afghanistan
“The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy” — so General Omar Bradley described Douglas MacArthur’s push…
Apr. 16, 2021
There Is No Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
The Second Amendment to the Constitution is among the most debated 30 words in American history: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security…