Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewiswas an American public intellectual and journalist, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a longtime New York Times columnist. He is credited with creating the field of legal journalism in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 March 1927
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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The search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason.
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Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those of our enemies, Germany and Japan.
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There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.
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We grew up even a lot from last week. Even with all the dropped balls and fumbled, we never stopped believing in ourselves.
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We defended him as hard as we could; but he made a lot of tough shots in the paint against us.
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The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No matter where the fault for past negotiating failures lies, there is no other path.