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By DANIEL A. BROWN

 As Election Day looms, I feel compelled to write something seeing that Nov. 5 will probably decide the fate of American democracy, although, if Kamala Harris wins, there will be months worth of Republican vote-counting shenanigans (a nice word for...

By DAN BROWN

At this first anniversary of the Israel/Hamas war, it’s time to evaluate its winners and losers, none of whom have come out particularly clean.The WinnersHamas: This Jihadist gang of terrorists achieved an impossible feat. They conducted one of the...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 I’ve always believed that any politician who uses their faith in God as a campaign tactic should have a bucket of fresh cow manure poured over their heads. There’s something particularly disingenuous, if not outright hypocritical, about sucking votes...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 The night of the recent presidential debate, my relatives decided to watch it together and came over for an early dinner. We sat down to a jolly meal where we, like others around the country, debated playing “Trump Bingo,” each square representing...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 In the spring of 1945, as his “1,000-year” Reich was collapsing, Adolf Hitler issued a draconian order called the “Nero Decree.” In effect, it would utterly destroy Germany’s remaining infrastructures, cities, ports and transportation hubs. The...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

Over the years, I’ve read numerous accusations against Israel, all of which defy reality. According to them, Zionists have committed genocide over the previous century, caused global warming, perpetrated police brutality against African Americans,...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

One thing we Jews have learned from our fraught history is that when someone threatens to kill you, they mean it. History itself teaches that when a psychopathic strongman threatens to establish a vengeful dictatorship, they mean it as well. Donald...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

In 2017, in reaction to the revelations about the sexual misconduct of Harvey Weinstein that led to the creation of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Eve Ensler (“The Vagina Monologues”) wrote the following: “I’m over the passivity of good men....

By DANIEL A. BROWN

The most disconcerting aspect for me of the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian dogfight is the sheer ignorance about Israel being espoused by usually educated progressives in the Valley and elsewhere. Instead of learning the long, complex and nuanced...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

It is difficult to read the details of the horrific Oct. 7 massacre perpetrated on Israel by Hamas without wondering if you had accidentally stumbled upon one of the more gruesome episodes from “Game of Thrones.” I’ll spare you but it’s illuminating...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

This past July, I was flying home from visiting family back East and was about to board the final leg from Atlanta to Albuquerque. In the gangway leading to our aircraft, I noticed a gaggle of teenage girls talking loudly and enthusiastically, waving...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

In August 2015, a week after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican Party presidential ticket, I wrote a My Turn for this newspaper comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Not surprisingly, it outraged some Valley residents, especially...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

I’ve always enjoyed the Fourth of July, perhaps the most joyous holiday in the American spectrum. The day invokes memories of hot dogs and ice cream cones, kids riding bicycles festooned with American flags and, of course, fireworks.Greenfield has...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

Back in my elementary school teaching days, I allowed my fourth grade students to bring in a special toy or small stuffie to place on their desks to give them comfort. A month or so into the term, one of the boys, whom I will call Larry, brought in...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

After Black teenager Emmett Till was brutally tortured and murdered by two white men in Mississippi, his mother, Mamie, committed a daring, outrageous and provocative act. At her son’s funeral, she chose an open casket so the world could see the...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

I collect old LIFE magazines and was recently surprised to see a two-page advertisement in a February 1962 issue by Esso (Later Exxon) boasting that each day, they “Supply enough energy to melt 7 million tons of glacier!” Those were the exact words...