Category Archives: Marty’s Blog

Religion now faces three main challenges: communism, science and consumerism. Photo: Getty Images By The Dalai Lama July 6, 2017 6:44 p.m. ET Once people adopt a religion, they should practice it sincerely. Truly believing in God, Buddha, Allah or … Continue reading →

Bret Stephens JULY 6, 2017 On the subject of cycles, Warren Buffett likes to talk about “the natural progression, the three I’s.” As he put it to Charlie Rose in 2008, those I’s are “the innovators, the imitators and the … Continue reading →

Michael Goodwin July 2, 2017 Since President Trump was elected, the media landscape has divided and hardened more than ever. Even the once-unimpeachable New York Times has been guilty of “fake news,” while on Tuesday CNN had to retract an … Continue reading →

Bret Stephens JUNE 23, 2017   Credit Bryan Thomas for The New York Times This is the column in which I formally forswear Twitter for good. I’ll keep my Twitter handle, and hopefully my followers, but an editorial assistant will … Continue reading →

Timothy Egan JUNE 23, 2017   Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times We tell ourselves stories in order to live, as Joan Didion said. We do this as a nation, as individuals, as families — even when that construct is … Continue reading →

Nicholas Kristof JUNE 3, 2017   Monkeys were taught in an experiment to hand over pebbles in exchange for cucumber slices. They were happy with this deal. Then the researcher randomly offered one monkey — in sight of a second … Continue reading →

May 30, 2017  By Rebecca Solnit Once upon a time, a child was born into wealth and wanted for nothing, but he was possessed by bottomless, endless, grating, grasping wanting, and wanted more, and got it, and more after that, and always … Continue reading →

David Brooks JUNE 2, 2017 President Trump at the White House on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times This week, two of Donald Trump’s top advisers, H. R. McMaster and Gary Cohn, wrote the following passage in The Wall … Continue reading →

Posted on May 28, 2017 By Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig The Israeli writer and dissident Uri Avnery asked an Egyptian general how the Egyptians managed to surprise the Israelis when they launched the October 1973 war. The general answered: “Instead … Continue reading →

Charles M. Blow MAY 29, 2017 Last week, when voters in Montana elected Greg Gianforte to fill the state’s lone seat in the House of Representatives, even after he was recorded in a physical altercation with a reporter, many Americans … Continue reading →