I Often Write About Reconciling. Reconciling, Or

When People Have Peace, They Hate It And Long For Excitement, And When They Have Excitement, They Want Peace.

I'm A Great Believer In Compromise. I Know It's Not Popular Among Young Idealists. Compromise Is Not Popular. It's Not At All Popular Among Young People Who These Days Call Themselves "activists." They Think Compromises Are Dishonest, Opportunistic, Humiliating. Not In My Vocabulary. In My Vocabulary, The Word "compromise" Is Synonymous To The Word "life".

We Supporters Of The Two-state Solution In Israel And Palestine Are Now Under A Fierce Attack From The Far Right And From The Far Left In Israel And In Europe. If I Were A Paranoid, I Would Say That Maybe The Far Left And The Far Right Are Coordinating A Conspiracy.

We Lived Through A Relatively Golden Age Between The End Of World War Ii And Sept. 11, 2001.

Actually, Who Hasn't Been Through The Ghastly Experience Of Sitting In Front Of A Blank Page, With Its Toothless Mouth Grinning At You: Go Ahead, Let's See You Lay A Finger On Me? A Blank Page Is Actually A Whitewashed Wall With No Door And No Window. Beginning To Tell A Story Is Like Making A Pass At A Total Stranger In A Restaurant.