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Articles by Robert Kosuth
Reader's View: War keeps siphoning money from education
I may not be typical, but when I see articles about yet more cutbacks in education (“ Duluth school district sets budget reduction goals at $4.28M amid funding deficit ,” March 25), I immediately connect them with the billions being spent daily to kill innocent civilians in Palestine and across that region. Talking through the media, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (and President Joe Biden before Trump) would have us believe the dead were terrorists.
Reader's View: Ceasefire is the way out of a killing quagmire
On March 25, the Duluth City Council is expected to vote on whether to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. At least five Minnesota cities have already passed ceasefire resolutions. I encourage readers to contact their councilors to vote yes on this resolution. So far, more than 31,000 Palestinian lives have been lost, most of them innocent women and children civilians.
Reader's View: Kissinger was always a servant of power
With the death of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, establishment pundits are busy sorting out what they consider to be the specific achievements and depravities that occurred on his watch: rapprochement with China on the one hand and mass death around the world on the other. If I had to choose, I’d certainly point to the incredibly larger second category. However, getting beyond these specifics, I believe there was a basic theme in his life that carries lessons for today.
Reader's View: Democrats thwarting free speech on COVID-19
Democrats use the word "misinformation" to dismiss contrary opinion as bogus while simultaneously attempting to elevate their own opinion as fact. I refer to a letter in this newspaper a few weeks back. I have never seen such hysteria over a less-than-300-word letter proofread by the newspaper’s editorial chief. It reminded me of an old phrase used by men in the U S.
Reader's View: News Tribune slow on Vikings story
I was dismayed to see not a peep about the choice of Los Angeles Rams Offensive Coordinator Kevin O'Connell as the Minnesota Vikings' apparent new head coach in the Thursday, Feb. 3 e-edition of the News Tribune. I understand O’Connell can't be signed by the Vikings until after the Super Bowl, but with other Minnesota newspapers displaying banner headlines about his selection on Thursday, Feb.
Reader's View: Freedom of speech means all opinions
I feel people have forgotten the most important thing we should and need to remember: the First Amendment to the Constitution. Our forefathers thought freedom of speech was so important that it needed to be No. 1. I appreciated the News Tribune stating that the Opinion page is open to all viewpoints and that all letters it publishes express legitimate opinions (“ From the Editor: Opinion page open to all opinions ,” Jan. 26). Can we respectfully agree to disagree?
Reader's View: Who benefits from establishment Democrats?
The July 25 story, “Mining divide drives Duluth Senate race,” rightly drew attention to the importance of sulfide mining in the District 7 Minnesota Senate primary. But sulfide mining is just the tip of the iceberg. Furthermore, the race is not an issue of unions vs. environmentalists. Rather it’s an illustration of incumbent Sen. Erik Simonson’s opportunism and convenience to use issues to avoid challenging vested interests and absolving himself of responsibility for making decisions.
COVID-19 through the Lens of Terror Management Theory
As I write this (on April 22, 2020), the United States has been ravaged by COVID-19: over 827,000 confirmed cases and over 45,000 deaths. Though the U.S. comprises just 4.2% of the world’s population, it has 32% of the world’s confirmed COVID cases and 25% of COVID deaths worldwide. The especially heavy toll COVID-19 has exacted on the U.S. can, of course, be largely attributed to the egregiously poor leadership displayed by Donald Trump.
Reader's View: Reject normalcy in this crisis
Facing the COVID-19 crisis, politicians of all stripes — from local to national and from right to what sadly passes for left — are desperate for a return to normalcy. Unfortunately, we have few genuine leaders willing to question the assumptions on which normalcy is based.
Reader's View: 'There is no war that is not a lie'
By Robert Kosuth, Duluth Today at 7:58 p.m. Another Memorial Day is upon us, and the public will again be subject to an intense media competition of effusive praise for everything military. This adulation is seriously and dangerously misplaced because it rests on false assumptions about the nature of the United States.
Militarized Nationalism: Pernicious and Pervasive
I live in Duluth, Minnesota, a medium-sized city in what’s considered to be the most “progressive” congressional district in maybe the only “liberal” state in the Midwest. Yet this scenic, quiet city on the shores of Lake Superior is a case study in how classic feel-good American liberalism can coexist with an undercurrent of militaristic nationalism.
Reader's View: U.S. wild card in North-South Korea talks
However, there is an elephant in the room: the United States.Mainstream-media pundits suggest the central issue is whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be willing to give up his nukes for peace. I suggest rather that the biggest unknown is whether the U.S. will be willing to lose a useful enemy and with it a very large military and political footprint in Northeast Asia.The U.S. deals with many other nuclear powers, some allies and some not.
Trump as Symptom of a Deeper Disease: An Assessment After One Year
The election of Donald Trump represents a new low point in the ongoing degradation of US democracy. He says and does things that even Ronald Reagan would have balked at. It would be easy to see his election as a kind of a coup pulled off at a time when Americans were feeling especially vulnerable to ISIS and a low-wage economy. After all, he got the votes of only about 25% of the eligible electorate. In addition, many of these voters were just venting anger about the other non-option.
When identity politics is not enough: Liberation struggle comes to Minnesota
2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the proclamation made by British Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour promising a national home for the Jews in Palestine, then part of the worldwide British Empire.
Readers' View: Real Vietnam history not in PBS series
We're not referring to the fraudulent U.S. creation of South Vietnam after the French defeat or rationalizations about the Cold War, which, in the eyes of U.S. policymakers, necessitated that the Vietnamese forego their independence in the service of U.S. world power.We are referring rather to the history of the U.S. back to the so-called Founding Fathers, who did not want to be exploited by the British but did consciously exploit — if not outright kill — Natives, slaves, poor whites, and women.
Reader's View: Single-payer only workable health care option
Oh, what to do?Why don't both parties stop pandering to the hospitals, the insurance industry, Big Pharma, and the American Medical Association and do what every other developed nation does? Stop making excuses for these powerful lobbies and institute a single-payer system. It is the only way to cover every citizen, improve outcomes, and control costs.One does not need to be an expert in anatomy to know that what's needed in the body politic is a little spine.Robert KosuthDuluth
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