Articles by Robert Zaller
May. 16, 2014
The death penalty is uncivilized
The Japanese are nothing if not stubborn. It took a visit from Hiroo Onoda’s former commanding officer, by then a retired bookseller, to persuade the…
Apr. 10, 2014
The long shadow of Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been nearly 32 years since a 28-year-old taxicab driver was convicted of the murder of a Philadelphia police officer and sentenced to death. It…
Apr. 4, 2014
The modern GOP, a party of zombies
They say there’s no room for a third party in American politics. There’s a reason for that: If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans can…
Mar. 7, 2014
Uneasiness in Ukraine
The double standard in American politics has rarely been on more visible display than in the current crisis in Ukraine. Put the shoe on the…
Feb. 19, 2014
To kill or not to kill?
When Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address that he would pursue his political agenda through executive order where he could not…
Jan. 24, 2014
ASA and anti-Semitism
The Jewish question is now old hat. In Germany, a new generation is tired of guilt about the Nazis and just wants to get on…
Oct. 11, 2013
Where does America stand today?
During the Bosnian crisis of the 1990s, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright declared the United States to be the world’s “indispensable” nation. Barack Obama repeated…