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James Wall served as a Contributing Editor of The Christian Century magazine, based in Chicago, Illinois, from 1999 through 2017. From 1972 through 1999, he was editor and publisher of the Christian Century magazine. Many sources have influenced Jim's writings over the years, including politics, cinema, media, American culture, and the political struggles in the Middle East. He has made more than 20 trips to that region as a journalist, during which he covered such events as Anwar Sadat's 1977 trip to Jerusalem, and the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. He has interviewed, and written about, journalists, religious leaders, political leaders and private citizens in the region.
Jim served for two years on active duty in the US Air Force, and three additional years in the USAF (inactive) reserve. He can be reached at: jameswall8@gmail.com
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Thursday, March 23, 2017Israel's Apartheid Elephant Is Still in the Room The American people are discovering the hard way, what it means for its president to live in a self-enclosed understanding of reality. President Trump is a man who clings to what he thinks is true in spite of overwhelming evidence that it is not true. Like the current leaders of Israel, he surrounds himself with loyalists who support him in his views of reality.
Friday, March 17, 2017The Political History Behind Trump's Curtain With Trump's election in November, Heritage has become a key power broker in Washington. It has an administration willing to further its agenda. At the Conservative Political Action Conference in late February, 2017, Trump adviser Steve Bannon said that the administration's priority was the "deconstruction of the administrative state."
Friday, March 10, 2017Bibi Blocks BDS Backers At Israel's Borders Trump and Netanyahu are now partners in crime through the linkage of their respective nationalisms. Israel continues, unabated, an illegal and brutal occupation which produces its isolation. Trump's white nationalism, which was a big factor in his 2016 presidential election, links him to Netanyahu through their nationalisms soaked in religious exceptionalism.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017The NFL Star Who Refused to Shine For Israel Seattle Seahawks defensive end, Michael Bennett, at great personal risk to his career, has taken a stand for Palestinian justice. Bennett needs others to stand with him. He needs American politicians, police chiefs, NFL players, preachers, journalists, and anyone else offered a one-sided journey to "the Holy Land," to follow his lead. Spread the word, Michael Bennett's got your back.
Thursday, February 23, 2017Trump Delivers "A Deportation Force on Steroids" What we are receiving from the result of the disastrous 2016 election, is the huge package of hate Trump promised in his campaign, and now implements as president. Trump deports undocumented immigrants because he now has the job his White Nationalist supporters helped him win.
Friday, February 17, 2017Trump to Bibi and Abbas: "I'm With You Fellers" Stumbles in the cabinet approval process demonstrated a lack of experience and planning by the Trump administration. That same weakness was made even more apparent when Trump's National Security adviser, General Michael Flynn, resigned before the Wednesday Trump-Netanyahu meeting.
Thursday, February 9, 2017"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars" Betsy DeVos, an anti-public school, billionaire fund-raiser, from Michigan, who has never attended a public school nor sent her children to a public school, became Secretary of Education by an unprecedented single vote (for a cabinet member) cast by Vice President Mike Pence. These cabinet confirmation votes lead to a stark reality. This nation is sharply divided along rigid ideological lines.
Friday, February 3, 2017White House Islamophobia Dictates Trump Policy The bad policy-making and confusion bordering on chaos comes from a White House now led by purveyors of Islamophobia. This is Day 14 of the Trump presidency. We have 1,446 days left until the next inauguration, January 20, 2021. In those 1,446 days, do not despair. Instead, cling to, and work from, the reminder often quoted by Martin Luther King, Jr.: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
Thursday, January 26, 2017Obama Gives PA $221 Million in Final Hours U.S. Neo-Conservatives, who would ordinarily have been major players in the Trump foreign policy circle, are currently being ignored by Trump. These warriors were faithful soldiers for George W. Bush's Middle East team, many started with his ill-fated invasion of Iraq. If Trump wants to follow Israel's wishes, as Bush consistently did, why not call on the Neo-Cons?
Monday, January 16, 2017Trump's Attack on Congressman John Lewis Trump has demonstrated no ability to curb his self-absorbed Twitter impulses. His family and staff have shown no indication they will remove his tweets from his daily schedule. If Donald Trump really wants to lead this nation, he could spend his Twitter time in a more important task, reading about its history.
Friday, January 13, 2017Using Fake News To Demean Trump Is Wrong This is no time for lazy, partisan, biased thinking. Intense dislike of Trump is not an excuse to merely sanction the actions by our intelligence agencies because we do not like Trump. Donald Trump will soon be our president. He deserves a fair judgment on what he does once he is in office.
Monday, January 9, 2017Trump: Stay Strong Israel; 1/20 Coming Fast Trump may wake up one day and poke his finger in the eyes of the Congressional poo-bahs who love or fear Israel and its deep-pocket supporters. How would he do it? He doesn't even know yet. He only know that he is now The Man. The Trump Twitter game, Dr. Watson, is very much on.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017Reich's Counsel To Trump: Grow Up Based on Trump's compulsive adolescent tweeting and his crony-inspired cabinet choices, Robert Reich's counsel is badly needed. Unfortunately, everything we have heard or seen from president-elect Trump assures us the counsel will be rejected.
Thursday, December 29, 2016Kerry: Settlements Put Two States "in Jeopardy" The Kerry speech was overdue by about eight years. During Obama's two terms, Israel has marched in full view of a grumbling world, across Palestine like so many panzer divisions, imprisoning a population and stealing land for itself.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016Danger Ahead: First Unfettered Twitter President What exactly did the Founding Fathers send down the chimney this 2016 Christmas season? We have been gifted our first unfettered Twitter President. He will say what he wants to say, full speed ahead. His actions will be curtailed by our procedures and laws, but his words will go forth from the world's most important political office, unfettered.
Thursday, December 15, 2016Which Trump Will We See After January 20? Where will Trump take this nation? The sad and frightening fact is that Trump has given no sign that he has the slightest understanding of what lies ahead. We are left with his twitter outbursts and his staff and cabinet choices to read like so many tea leaves. Donald J. Trump may be a danger to the entire planet, or he may settle down and find a way to respect the complex reality of his next four years, and act accordingly.
Friday, December 9, 2016Focusing on Trump With "A Withering Gaze" Our national withering gaze should fix carefully on the decisions the president-elect is making. Does his leadership team, thus far assembled, possess the knowledge and personal skills sufficient to support a president with no prior experience in political leadership?
Wednesday, November 30, 2016Carter To Obama: Recognize Palestine Now Jimmy Carter strongly believes President Obama needs to act to give Palestinians the security Carter has sought for them since he was President. Carter is addressing this issue in his message to Obama: Act now; time is short. President Obama has seven weeks remaining. The clock is running.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016"A tragedy in a man, a disaster in a president" Barring an impeachment, Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years. The media will cover him in detail. It is time for media and the public to take what our President-elect says, very seriously. Once he assumes the power the voters have given him, both the media and the public must respond wisely and forcefully.
Thursday, November 17, 2016Trump Transition Begins With Bannon Bannon will be the door-keeper for the President. How he thinks and what he feels, will shape the White House agenda. Trump's first transition decision is a signal for what we should expect from a Trump White House. The selection of "alt-right" champion Stephen Bannon as senior counselor, is just the beginning. The time for election mourning is over. The time for monitoring and resisting destructive appointments, must begin.
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