Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Stephen Cohen

Steve Cohen is an attorney whose areas of practice are complex litigation and corporate governance for clients in the United States and around the world. He lives in South Egremont.

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STEPHEN COHEN: Trump’s war

Thousands are dead, costs are climbing into the hundreds of billions, and Israel isn't even a party to the agreement. It's time we start asking why we went to war at all.

STEPHEN COHEN: Enough is enough, the status quo between Israel and Palestine cannot continue

The two-state solution was the attempted resolution 80 years ago; it was impossible to create then, and the chances seem remote now.

STEPHEN COHEN: The straits and a possible negotiation

The strait is closed, increasing the price of oil, thus benefitting our enemy, and we are actively involved in closing it as much as Iran.

STEPHEN COHEN: Faith and hypocrisy

Why can so many devoutly religious individuals support such hatred of others, based solely on religion, culture, politics, and their location.

STEPHEN COHEN: Reflections on a tzadikim on the 800th anniversary of his death

St. Francis of Assisi has always been an example of a tzadikim and a man of peace—and we need St. Francis now more than ever.

STEPHEN COHEN: Trying to understand our current geopolitical world

You listen to Trump’s complete fabrications concerning the situation and watch as he attempts to tell a story that is so full of holes it makes a Swiss cheese envious.

STEPHEN COHEN: Now that he has admitted he violated the Constitution, it is time to take back our country

Let’s make this easy: We have an admission from the defendant, the president of the United States, that he knowingly violated the Constitution and started a war without the constitutionally mandated approval. He has assumed the powers of a king gladly and knowingly.

STEPHEN COHEN: The Black Magus

I am always struck by our contradictions—how we interpret, invoke, and discard or simply ignore concepts of morality.

STEPHEN COHEN: Bella Italy

Italians are fascinated by Trump. Tuscany is very liberal, but even my more conservative friends here and in Sicily and Milan cannot understand why he continually changes his policies on a daily basis.

STEPHEN COHEN: When your ox is gored…

Alex Pretti could have been any of us, a citizen exercising his rights and cruelly killed by an occupying, untrained, and vindictive private army directed by a president with no concern for the rights of this country's citizens or those of legal or illegal immigrants.

STEPHEN COHEN: Lessons we should have learned from Vietnam

Incredible as it may seem, our country is reversing its founding tenets as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution in order to benefit a failed real estate developer and his corrupt cronies.

STEPHEN COHEN: Let’s take action so we can all sleep better in 2026

Are Americans so blinded that we refuse to believe what has been before our eyes and ears for four years, or do we simply ignore proven facts because we believe in something or someone and don't want to be bothered by reality?

STEPHEN COHEN: The Epstein files — Remember the victims

Perhaps one lesson to be gleaned from all this is how accepting so many people were of Epstein's largess and friendship after they knew who and what he was.

STEPHEN COHEN: Trump’s Wars (Part Two) — a quandary

It is hard for a draft dodger to appear to be macho, but Trump is giving it his best shot, saying each boat blown out of the water saves 25,000 American lives, a lie of staggering proportions that he made up with no factual support.
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