Nathan Offen

Conscience matters in a ‘mute world’

By Ken / December 15, 2015 /

A suggested anecdote to demagogues who urge us to know nothing and suspect everything. Columnist Roger Cohen of The New York Times wrote Monday, “It would be hard to imagine an atmosphere better suited to the politics of fear.” He’s spot on. We’re on the precipice of being consumed by our fears. Of jihadists infiltrating…

Before liberation, a tormented flight

By Ken / May 5, 2015 / Comments Off

Marking 70 years of freedom from a Nazi concentration camp, a survivor recalls his late wifeʼs flight Rounding age 92, Nathan Offen sounded slightly perturbed when rain canceled his tennis match this morning. After missing his favorite outlet for about 18 months, a platelet-rich plasma treatment that Offen has been receiving in Florida seems to…