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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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Wednesday, June 15, 2016It's Still The Occupation, Stupid Muslim hatred and bigotry, now so prominent in our post-Orlando era, is rooted in that occupation. Respect for domestic and international law cannot be restored without ending that occupation. Justice for all demands the end of that occupation. Start by naming its name in the 2016 Democratic party platform.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016Clinton Needs Only 199 Supers to Win Nomination Sanders' final, and almost futile hope, is to keep Clinton from adding at least, her necessary 199 unpledged delegates to her current delegate total. For Sanders to "flip" promissory unpledged votes relies entirely on his argument that he would be the better candidate against the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016Sanders' Dream Team, The Platform and Palestine Sanders did not suddenly gain his "new power." A candidate still in the race for the nomination, with earned delegates, is entitled to an allocated percentage of committee seats. Contrary to the Post, Sanders was not "given unprecedented say over the Democratic Party platform." He earned those committee seats by winning delegates.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016United Methodists Answer: "What Does It Profit?" This year the Methodists went back to their Jim Crow roots and voted by a huge majority to increase Methodist dollars within Israeli settlements through the profits of three U.S. corporations. Not a very pleasant thought: Clergy retirement funds underwriting an illegal military occupation.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016Israeli General: Holocaust Signs "Among Us Today" Major General Golan, now 54, is a veteran IDF leader. He assumed command of the Israel Northern Command in July, 2011. He became IDF Deputy Chief of General Staff in December 2014. In his speech, he said, "Woe to us if we lose our way from our hallowed values that have accompanied us for generations. Compromising these values may well create a slippery slope to the abyss."
Thursday, May 12, 2016Hillary's "Miracle in the Desert" Is Bad Decision Clinton or Trump? Clinton has far more experience and is no stranger to how Washington and the world work. She is the clear choice. But we have to encourage her to stop with the bad judgment calls. Clinton is virtually certain to win the Democratic nomination. She certainly has made her case for her support for Israel to her Jewish funders and voters for the general election. That box has been checked many times.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016"Supine Compliance with Israel's Narrative" With her focus already on reelection in 2020, Clinton will have to remind her good friend Bibi Netanyahu that she would like to raise his annual military budget another billion or so. But, she would have to say, "Sorry Bibi. You know I still have these Sanders people watching me. If I am not careful, they will be back in 2020 with Bernie or someone else threatening my quest to serve eight-years."
Thursday, April 28, 2016Hawkish Hillary Clinton Prefers the Big Stick Now that Sanders is essentially out of the nomination race, Clinton has no one pushing her leftward. That push will have to come from progressives who will need to do their pushing in the General Election campaign through public and social media. Voices for peace will be heard.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016"It Was The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" On the international scene, Israel hides behind its ancient biblical name to build and sustain a military dictatorship which occupies and controls another people, not like them. Israel has its loyalists hidden within our institutions to promote the myth of its goodness, which disguises its quest for power. We are easily seduced.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016WH Campaign Shields Israel's Occupation Ferocity Hillary Clinton, a United Methodist member since her childhood, has pledged to work to stop BDS agitation if she is elected. In Truthdig, Sandy Toland reports that with Saban's $6.4 million destined for her campaign war chest, Clinton wrote to her benefactor to express her "alarm" over BDS, "seeking your thoughts and recommendations" to "work together to counter BDS."
Wednesday, April 6, 2016Secretary Clinton's Big Money Burden Both Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have many wealthy donor friends who obviously benefit her campaign coffers and their Clinton Foundation. This is a burden she must carry as she struggles to win votes in the coming primaries and caucuses, and, she hopes, the November general election.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016The Day Obama Chose Peace Over War President Obama opposed the 2003 Iraq invasion launched by President George W Bush. He told Goldberg that invasion "should have taught Democratic interventionists like Clinton, who had voted for its authorization, the dangers of doing stupid [things]."
Wednesday, March 23, 2016Hillary, Bernie, AIPAC: A Stone Cries Out Stones cry out to deliver a message when others remain silent. Stones cry out with messages of last resort in the hope the words will penetrate the shields surrounding those who remain stubbornly oblivious to reality. Candidate Bernie Stone did not attend the AIPAC conference. He sent his eponymous message which he also delivered at a campaign event.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016Vulnerabilities Tested As Clinton Keeps Winning Assuming Clinton has locked up her party's nomination, she could not have asked for a better sparring partner than Sanders to prepare her for her main bout in November. Sanders, of course, still believes he would be a better nominee than Clinton. He plans to continue to persuade voters to give him that responsibility. Buckle up, it is going to be a wild ride to the two conventions, and beyond.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016Questions From Israel: How and Why Trump? Will a Clinton-Trump November race produce a winning establishment candidate named Clinton, or will passion provoked by fears produce a winner named Trump? That is a question to ponder. There are still primaries and caucuses and two conventions ahead before we reach November 8. On that date, voters must decide who best to lead this nation in a time when so many are gripped in a "quiet dread."
Wednesday, March 2, 2016Trump Success Born and Raised In Fear and Hate Donald Trump has emerged as an even more threatening nightmare to both political parties. It is a nightmare which will only grow in intensity. Trump's success is rooted in the political toxins of fear and hate, symbiotic emotions generated by a political process whose dominant generating force is the manic desire to gain power and control wealth.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016Do Surprises Await Outside the MSM Frame? What will be the right thing to do on November 8? As the kid in the back seat keeps asking, "are we there yet?" Absolutely not. The journey ahead is filled with turns and dips before each individual voter finally decides, driven by heart and/or head, preferably both.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016Hillary or Bernie? I'm With My Friends Which of the two candidates is best prepared to negotiate a foreign policy in the best interest of a war-weary American public, and at the same time, is in the best interest of war-weary nations saddled with the empirical militaristic policies of successive U.S. administrations?
Wednesday, February 10, 2016Sanders First Jewish Politician To Win A Primary Sanders has never made an issue of his ethnic heritage. The mainstream media is skittish when discussing Jewish religion and ethnicity. Journalists (and politicians) live with the perpetual fear of being branded anti-semitic if they stumble when crossing the verbal minefield of Jewishness in public life.
Wednesday, February 3, 20162016 U.S. Politics Envisioned by Groucho Marx The attention just lavished on Iowa February 1, is relatively new. Iowa as a political phenomenon did not burst into the nation's consciousness until 1975 when a former Georgia governor arrived in the state with a wide smile and a friendly greeting, "Hi, my name is Jimmy Carter."
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