Articles Posted by Ralph E. Stone

I was born in Massachusetts; graduated from Middlebury College and Suffolk Law School; served as an officer in the Vietnam war; retired from the Federal Trade Commission (consumer and antitrust law); travel extensively with my wife Judi; and since retirement involved in domestic violence prevention and consumer issues.

  • United States and Cuba after Fidel

    by Ralph E. Stone on Mar 04, 2009 | 1 Comment

    Brothers Raúl and Fidel Castro By Ralph E. Stone March 4, 2009 Raúl Casto recently reshuffled Cuba’s government, replacing or moving twelve cabinet members a year after assuming the presidency from his brother Fidel. Supposedly,…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • What’s Next in Afghanistan?

    by Ralph E. Stone on Feb 17, 2009 | 9 Comments

    By Ralph E. Stone February 17, 2009 President Obama announced today he is sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan.   But he is still faced with a decision about what to do long term in…

    Posted in Opinion

  • What About Hamas?

    What About Hamas?

    by Ralph E. Stone on Feb 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

    By Ralph E. Stone February 13, 2009 Critics of Israel’s most recent military raid into Gaza often hear the justification that Israel had to do something about Hamas’ rocket and mortar attacks and the despicable…

    Posted in Opinion

  • Israeli Elections Bodes Ill for Peace Negotiations

    by Ralph E. Stone on Feb 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

    By Ralph E. Stone February 12, 2009 In the recent Israeli elections, the moderate Kadina party won one more seat in the Israeli Knesset or parliament than the right-wing Likud Party. Israel will end up…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics

  • Darwin’s 200th Birthday: His Theory of Evolution
    Still Controversial

    by Ralph E. Stone on Feb 10, 2009 | 9 Comments

    Charles Darwin By Ralph E. Stone February 10, 2009 February 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Darwin’s theory of evolution as set forth in his “Origin of Species” published in 1859, and…

    Posted in Culture

  • The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Bit of Background

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    The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
    A Bit of Background

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jan 08, 2009 | 16 Comments

    Analysis by Ralph E. Stone January 8, 2008 Much of the reportage on Israeli’s response to the Hamas rocket and mortar attacks gives the reader the impression that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a relatively recent…

    Posted in Opinion, Politics