by Matthew Friedman | Sep 30, 2021 | Commentary
I am not wearing an orange shirt today, like some kind of grinning Canadian politician, hoping that a photo-op will wash away my country’s sins. Today is the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a new statutory holiday meant to honor “lost...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 19, 2021 | Commentary, Politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Met Gala dress blew-up the Internet last week. For a brief moment, the social- and conventional-media commentariat on the right and the left were able to agree on a matter of critical political import: The congresswoman’s Aurora...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 5, 2021 | Commentary, Essays
I am enraged. The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States last week declining to hear the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge to the Texas “Heartbeat Act,” no less than the law itself, has left me apoplectic. The Texas law is the most egregious...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 29, 2021 | Commentary
On Saturday, a 28-year-old man crashed a stolen truck into a house in Winthrop, MA, and shot and killed two people with legally-acquired handguns. The victims were David Green, a retired Massachusetts state trooper, and Ramona Cooper, an Air Force veteran. Both were...
by Matthew Friedman | May 30, 2021 | Commentary, Jewish Life
I wish I could say that I was shocked and surprised when a friend forwarded me a tweet showing Gigi Gaskins, owner of Nashville HATWRKS, wearing the Yellow Star emblazoned with the text “not vaccinated.” She has a smugly satisfied almost-grin on her face in the...
by Matthew Friedman | May 23, 2021 | Commentary
The skies over Gaza and the State of Israel are quiet. At 2:00 am local time Friday, Hamas and the government of the State of Israel agreed to a ceasefire. After almost two weeks, there is silence; Israelis can breathe easier without fearing the sirens announcing a...