Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts

Nuremberg: where the seeds of the Holocaust were planted; also where Germany's leading Nazis were tried

A new movie, Nuremberg, recalls the trials

Nov 16 • 

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Together and safe in Council Bluffs; the story of a Jewish family rescued from war, famine, and death in Russia in 1920

This is the story of the Kutler family of Council Bluffs, Iowa, who fled the vicious wars and relentless poverty that consumed Russia and destroyed all…

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

To help or not to help two struggling groups: soybean farmers and low-income families

Farmers who grow soybeans and families that are at the lower end of the income scale may not seem to be groups that would have much in common in most…

Oct 22 • 

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Take your pick: Higher education or preventing criticism of certain ideas. You can't have both.

M.I.T.

Oct 13 • 

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The battle over Freedom of Speech: Will the public be the loser again?

What industry leads America in the effort to destroy freedom of speech?

Oct 8 • 

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September 2025

A forgotten college football star who blazed unbelievable records for his time

A story from my childhood memories

Sep 22 • 

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The girl who watched her mother die after ICE sent them from LA back to Guatemala

Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Sep 19 • 

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What you should know about the Hamas tunnels in Gaza

There is at least one thing about the Israel-Hamas war, now approaching its third anniversary, that makes it different than any war ever fought.

Sep 8 • 

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Antisemitism in America -- 300 years and getting worse

The U.S.

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

The destruction of an important mission of the Smithsonian museums

The President of the United States has a new target: the obliteration of the history of slavery in America as depicted at the Smithsonian museums.

Aug 23 • 

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The dog that helped a family work through its pain

The author of this story is our daughter, Megan Garson Hieronymus, who lives with her husband, Jason, and daughter, Cymry, near Iowa City.

Aug 12 • 

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Numbers, numbers, numbers. It should not be hard for someone with an economics degree from Wharton

President Trump has said repeatedly in recent weeks that he will be cutting the cost of pharmaceuticals made in Europe by up to as much as 14 hundred or…

Aug 4 • 

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