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All content by Marty Rochester
Op-Ed: The madness of our political system

Op-Ed: The madness of our political system

December 16, 2021
Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The five biggest problems facing the U.S. today

November 21, 2021
Afghanistan withdrawal will come back to haunt us

Afghanistan withdrawal will come back to haunt us

October 22, 2021
The problem with critical race theory

The problem with critical race theory

September 23, 2021
True friendship, like life itself, takes nurturing

True friendship, like life itself, takes nurturing

August 27, 2021
Andy Mesnier salutes after placing a new American flag at the grave of a veteran at New Mount Sinai Cemetery on Sunday morning. Mesnier, of Troop 982, based at Sorrento Springs Elementary School in Ballwin, was one of close to 100 Boy Scouts who came to the cemetery to place flags. Boy Scouts from Troop 11, based at Temple Israel also participated. About 275 scouts visited each Jewish cemetery on Sunday.

If I had a hammer: Speaking out for Uncle Sam

August 2, 2021
What ever happened to compromise?

What ever happened to compromise?

June 21, 2021
A call across the aisle for a respectful conversation

A call across the aisle for a respectful conversation

May 21, 2021
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The world could stand a large dose of the Rebbe’s wisdom

April 23, 2021
J. Martin Rochester, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is the author of 10 books on international and American politics.

Oy vey: The excesses of identity politics

March 25, 2021
J. Martin Rochester, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is the author of 10 books on international and American politics, including his latest: “New Warfare: Rethinking Rules for An Unruly World.”

Here’s why liberalism is not my cup of latte

June 21, 2018
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