I Think One Thing Writers

If Your Real Wages Are Declining, Your Job Is At Risk, You Fear Your Children Will Be Worse Off Than You Are, It's Tempting To Want To Blame It All On An Easily Identifiable Target: Muslims, Immigrants, Refugees, Blacks, Jews.

I'm After A Snake And Please God I'll Scotch It.

I Think [george] Orwell Is Right. There Are Certainly Moments When Political Differences Appear Minor, And Someone Can Claim To Be Non-political Or To Want To Stay Out Of The Fray, But Today Is Not One Of Those Moments.

In Canada, The U.s. And Most Of Europe It May Be Easy To Take Political Stands, This Is Something For Which You Can Be Forced To Pay With Your Life, Or Your Freedom, In Many Other Parts Of The World, From Iran To Russia To Pakistan To China.

A Pioneer In This Genre [ Writing About The Refugee Crisis] : The Book A Seventh Man, By The Great John Berger, Decades Ago Evoked The Lives Of Migrant Workers In Europe.