Nathan Sommer
nsommer1@binghamton.edu
17 Articles
Opinions
Letter to the Editor: Divestment is a moral imperative
A Letter to the Editor is a column written by a writer, sent in for publication in response to a column or article previously published. This is a response to Aviad Levy’s...
Columns
Letter to the Editor: call to save Israeli hostages ignores Palestinian suffering
On Jan. 24, fellow Pipe Dream opinions columnist Samantha Rigante wrote an impassioned call for the spotlight of Israel’s mass slaughter of Palestinians to be returned to the Israeli hostages held in...
Columns
Zionism perpetuates harmful narrative
America is the greatest place for Jews that the world has seen. For people targeted by pogroms throughout our history, the United States has allowed us to achieve safety in a way...
Columns
Binghamton should revive the Fernand Braudel Center
When I was applying to college a few years ago, I was speaking to a bookstore owner and mentioned my interest in Binghamton University. Immediately, Immanuel Wallerstein’s name was thrown back at...
Columns
Trend of government deregulation is harmful
There is a degree of irony in the coinciding occurrence of former President Jimmy Carter’s decline in health and the mushroom cloud looming over East Palestine, Ohio. Carter, whose legacy is usually...
Columns
Democrats should not engage in Republicans' culture war
The 2022 midterm elections have proved that people hate reactions to “wokeism” more than they hate woke culture itself. The Republicans had a key path to midterm dominance — talk about the...
Columns
The U.S.' lack of criticism of the Bolivian coup is hypocritical
With the memory of Jan. 6 fresh in the minds of Democratic lawmakers, loyalists of Jair Bolsonaro — the former president of Brazil — received immediate condemnation by the Western media after...
Columns
Hakeem Jeffries’ election weakened the Democratic Party
After securing enough votes in November, Hakeem Jeffries is now the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. Jeffries, a longtime ally of Nancy Pelosi, has long been an outspoken advocate against...
Columns
Capitalism undervalues passion
We are taught to think rationally and to explain ourselves using rationality. Although rational thinking has its place, it is often emphasized at the expense of passion. Using emotion to dictate our...
Opinions
LeBron James is the best basketball player of all time
LeBron James is set to dethrone Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer during the 2023 season, igniting debate over who is truly the greatest player of all time. Rather than focusing...