Articles by Robert Zaller
Jun. 1, 2021
Is a Two Party Solution Possible in the U.S?
People these days are talking about whether a two-state solution is possible between Israelis and Palestinians, as they do after each fresh outbreak of violence…
May. 21, 2021
The Real Forever War: Israel and the Palestinians
Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw American soldiers from Afghanistan before Sept. 11 is not an end to the war in Afghanistan itself, a 40-year conflict…
May. 7, 2021
MOVE: The Shame of the City Without End
When I moved to Philadelphia in August of 1987 to take up a position at Drexel University, the ashes on the MOVE bombing had hardly…
May. 3, 2021
The look in Derek Chauvin’s eyes
What America does, the world sees. The trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd was broadcast internationally, and it was not simply…
Apr. 23, 2021
No Exit: The American Withdrawal from Afghanistan
“The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy” — so General Omar Bradley described Douglas MacArthur’s push…
Apr. 16, 2021
There Is No Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
The Second Amendment to the Constitution is among the most debated 30 words in American history: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security…
Apr. 12, 2021
What Does Drexel University Want to Stand for?
Be careful whom you honor. The Swedish Academy gave its Nobel Prize in Literature to Gunter Grass, at the time generally recognized as Germany’s most…
Apr. 12, 2021
What Losing Socialism Has Cost Us
“Socialism” (or its even scarier cognate, communism) was for a good part of the 20th century the equivalent of what COVID has become for us,…
Apr. 2, 2021
How Close We Came to Tyranny
Spring has arrived, and a responsible federal government is back in Washington, D.C. We’d all like to get back to business, namely dealing with a…
Mar. 13, 2021
The Era of Minority Rule
The story of party politics in America is a tangled one, but that of the past 50 years is particularly instructive. It has been during…