alienation

Touched by Joe’s story of sibling alienation — “Our Christmas plans are to get the hell away from each other” — Santa works his wonders to keep them together until they get their brotherly magic back.

Critics also say the focus on efficiency eventually became obsessive, and led to workers’ mental exhaustion and alienation.

But while the sense of alienation and frustration at the steady vanishing of opportunity may be more intense here, it is felt elsewhere too.

But what we can do is call attention to the forms of nonviolent resistance that challenge our prevalent culture of rage and alienation.

This alienation of Israel’s erstwhile friends around the world stands to erode, in a potentially lasting way, not only the standing of Netanyahu and his successors but also the long-term viability of Israel’s founding project.