A Visit With Ernie

July, 2011

Kudos to former White House reporter Helen Thomas for bring­ing to light an issue Americans are unable to discuss but that has hugeimplications for our foreign policy {Playboy Interview, April). Last year the Chicago Council on Global Affairs commissioned a poll that found 66 percent of Ameri­cans feel we should not take a side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Fewer than 50 percent say we should come to Israel's aidafter an unprovoked attack by a neighbor. Does this make them anti-Semites? N...