MY COLUMN IN TODAY’S CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: So the column ran today. It’s titled “Unraveling a centuries-old global system… ” I guess that over the 13 or so years I’ve been contributing this column to the CSM, a number of my pieces have precipitated quite a lot of criticism. Like whenever I– shock! horror!– criticize some policy of the Government of Israel, or whatever.
My editors at the paper have generally been great in shielding me from the really vitriolic hate-mail that has come in. Usually, they send on the bouquets but keep the brickbats. Today, though, they sent on to me– perhaps for my amusement?– one from someone called Thurl Harris, who accused me of anti-Americanism and criticized my “myopic view of history.” “It is pathetic and sad that this hysterical point of of view rates publication,” he huffed.
Don’t feel sorry for me, though. I’ve also received quite a few responses from total strangers who expressed great support for the piece.
You, the readers of JWN, get the rare chance of telling me directly what you thought of the piece…