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Ordinary Americans Have to Stop Israel’s Creeping Annexation of the West Bank

By Bruce Ledewitz

My column today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Americans are being shot at today. Anything that affects peace is our business. And this is no criticism of Israel’s just war against Hamas.

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America at 250: Looking Backward and Forward

Jul 31, 2026

My column today at OnlySky. OnlySky America's 250th: Looking backward and forward America has been divided for 250 years. If we make it to 500, will we be still having the same arguments or will we have outgrown them? Bruce Ledewitz 31 Jul 2026 Concept art —...

Fetterman Has No Right to Leave the Democratic Party

Jul 30, 2026

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been threatening to leave the Democratic Party. He has no right to do so. My column this week in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle.If Fetterman became a Republican, it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to win a Senate majority...

Should American Freethought Return to Deism?

Jul 20, 2026

My column today at OnlySky. I recently reviewed David Hoffman’s new book American Freethought: The History of a Social Movement, 1794-1948 for the Journal of Law and Religion. By use of the term “freethought”, Hoffman is referring to all types of dissenters from...