On both sides of the Atlantic, politics has come to be dominated by vitriolic name-calling and pervasive dishonesty. Max Boot Read Quote
Logic, fact, morality, legality, ideology: All of it is irrelevant in understanding the Party of Trump. Republicans have made crystal clear that nothing matters to them other than partisanship. Max Boot Read Quote
We have a long, ugly history of white supremacy in this country, ranging from Jim Crow laws to keep African Americans down to the 1924 Immigration Act to keep non-Europeans out. Max Boot Read Quote
I am white. I am Jewish. I am an immigrant. I am a Russian American. But until recently I haven’t focused so much on those parts of my identity. I’ve always thought of myself simply as a normal, unhyphenated American. Max Boot Read Quote
What would I do now, at age 48, if I were deported to a country that I have not seen in more than 40 years and whose language I no longer speak? How would I work? How would I survive? Max Boot Read Quote
Increasingly I feel like a Jew, an immigrant, a Russian – anything but a normal, mainstream American. Max Boot Read Quote
Olga E. Kagan was the strongest woman I knew – and probably the reason I’ve spent my life with other strong women. Max Boot Read Quote
At Mom’s funeral, mourner after mourner spoke about what a wonderful teacher she was. She was certainly devoted to her students. Max Boot Read Quote
My mother and I were alike in one crucial respect: We may have been Russian by birth, but we were English in spirit. She was intensely reserved and private, and seldom showed what she was feeling. Max Boot Read Quote
Yet another reason to be angry at President Trump: He is forcing me – and every other American who is not a racist – to defend the most left-wing members of Congress. Max Boot Read Quote
