Editorials
Pandemic precautions trump protests
IJN Editorial StaffJul 02, 2020
Have people forgotten we’re in the middle of a pandemic? Are people not aware that the number of positive cases, here in Colorado, are going back up? Do people not...
ADL and NAACP boycott of Facebook is wrong
IJN Editorial StaffJul 02, 2020
Just to clear the air: Hate speech is reprehensible. Social media have a down side. When boycotts are limited to speech they are legal and should remain so. All that...
Remembrance trumps erasure
IJN Editorial StaffJul 02, 2020
The Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greeks and Romans...
Is it racist to oppose housing density?
IJN Editorial StaffJun 25, 2020
The density = racism argument, besides its fallacies, exacerbates the problem The claim is made that it is racist to oppose housing density — multiplexes and high rise...
Sen. Tom Cotton, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, welcome to our pages
IJN Editorial StaffJun 18, 2020
So-called advocacy journalism undermines democracy We take no stand here on any policy articulated by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) or by Rep. Nancy Pelosi...
Bernice Dinner, 1947-2020
IJN Editorial StaffJun 18, 2020
The long list of accomplishments in Bernice Dinner’s life are surely noteworthy, but they do not capture the grace and receptivity — the listening ear, if you will...
‘Defund the police’
IJN Editorial StaffJun 11, 2020
“Defund the police”? A more dangerous and counterproductive agenda could not be proposed. Who will you call when: • You need a restraining order enforced against...
No excuse for no social distancing at protests
IJN Editorial StaffJun 11, 2020
Bad faith shines through all the politicians’ rationalizations In the face of a double standard, which is also a denigration of everything we’ve been told about...
June 5, 1967
IJN Editorial StaffJun 04, 2020
As this date — June 5, 1967 — gradually recedes into history, it remains a symbol of an induplicable moment in the lives of those Jews who lived through the utterly...
Right and Wrongs
IJN Editorial StaffJun 04, 2020
George Floyd and injustice, from murder to mayhem Wrong: murder. Doubly wrong: murder by an officer whose job it is to uphold the law. This cannot be overemphasized....
