Articles by Christian DeBrady
Jan. 20, 2023
When Good Men Remain Silent
When good men remain silent, the proverb says, evil may triumph. Few recent examples illustrate this more poignantly than the foot-dragging passivity of Attorney General…

Nov. 18, 2022
Democracy Gets a Reprieve
The votes are still out in the 2022 midterm elections, partly a result of the patchquilt system of 50 states, each with its own rules…
Nov. 4, 2022
Democracy Is On The Ballot
What may well be the most important political election of our lifetimes is on the ballot this week. The principal subject isn’t inflation or the…
Oct. 14, 2022
What We Owe Vladimir Putin
Let there be no mistake: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds the current title as the world’s wickedest and most dangerous man. He is waging a…

Aug. 28, 2021
The Incredible Shrinking Presidency of Joe Biden
Is it too early to call the Biden administration a catastrophe? It is time, I am afraid, to tell it like it is. Example A…
Aug. 13, 2021
The peonization of Higher Education
Why should anybody not be able to have the college education I got? I spent four years getting my bachelor’s degree, followed by eight earning…
Jul. 18, 2021
It’s 9/11 All Over Again
The date the Champlain South Tower collapsed in Surfside, Florida — June 24, 2021 — may not live in infamy the way December 7 and…
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…