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All a Bunch of Cheats

All a Bunch of Cheats

Cheating as a way of life. We are surrounded by cheating, some legal and some otherwise. Baseball has become boring without spitballs and corked bats....

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It's a Package Deal

It's a Package Deal

Some people are the best at what they do but are total jerks as people. Fugu, or pufferfish, is not kosher. That’s good news for me. As it is not...

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Islam vs. Christianity, Final Round

Islam vs. Christianity, Final Round

We are witnessing the final bout of a fight that has gone on for 1,300 years. Since Islam’s inception, it has fought other faiths and peoples for...

25.08.2026 2

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The Truth About Marwan Barghouti

The Truth About Marwan Barghouti

An arch-terrorist is the new heartthrob of the beautiful set. When the Israeli government first released people associated with the March 21, 2002,...

24.08.2026 7

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When Normal Becomes Strange

When Normal Becomes Strange

Normal is harder to find every day. There is a great deal of mental illness in the U.S.. One sees people losing their minds over the removal of people...

23.08.2026 7

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Run Silent, Run Deep

Run Silent, Run Deep

Israel’s newest submarine is joining the big leagues.  An event occurred recently that received very little press. The first Ohio-Class submarine...

22.08.2026 6

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So What’s It Gonna Be?

So What’s It Gonna Be?

The U.S. had better decide what it wants to be 50 years from now. When I took Mike Sandel’s “Justice” course at Harvard, he was quite young and...

20.08.2026 10

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A Sign of the Times

A Sign of the Times

A foul sign in Portugal explains modern antisemitism. Someone posted online a sign that appeared at a Portuguese university, which was reported to...

19.08.2026 7

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Of Pop-Tarts and Sauerkraut

Of Pop-Tarts and Sauerkraut

The eclectic Cabinet says a great deal about the commander-in-chief. It was funny to hear Secretary of State Marco Rubio talk about his diet. He said...

18.08.2026 6

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The American Dream in Israel

The American Dream in Israel

An Israeli startup stands before a massive exit — just like the American dream offers. We live in an age of extraordinary contradictions. On the one...

17.08.2026 9

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Nepo Baby Has a Hissy Fit — Pictures at 11

How many multimillionaires on the left and right pretend to be men of the people? After Burger King, Tucker Carlson has become the king of the...

16.08.2026 8

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How to Lose in Five Easy Steps!

Let’s update Einstein’s statement: making the same mistakes over and over again will not yield a peaceful outcome. One always has to be careful...

15.08.2026 9

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A Cambridge Professor and a Foreign Invasion

Two seemingly unrelated events are tied at the hip. Jason Arday was a professor at Cambridge University. On the one hand, I owe Cambridge a bit of...

13.08.2026 4

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Iran: Implode or Explode?

Iran seems high on drugs with its most recent demands from the U.S. One of the hallmarks of Palestinians fighting with Israel is that the former...

12.08.2026 7

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Jerusalem of Magic

There are some amazing things to see in the Holy City. Jerusalem, in many ways, is like cities of similar size throughout the world. It has an...

11.08.2026 10

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Buy Guns and Lots of Ammo

There is only one way that the story can end. One of our frequent activities when visiting my folks in Vegas was to get to a gun range. And while we...

10.08.2026 10

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VIPS: Very Important Persons Syndrome

Some people make the grave mistake of believing their own press. It was a funny sight to see Tucker Carlson at his Maine Berghof with the brain trust...

09.08.2026 10

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The Jews Are Being Pushed Off the World Stage

Blaming the Jews is the easiest game in town. Professor Gad Saad has publicly announced his move from Canada to the United States to teach at Ole...

08.08.2026 10

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Being Palestinian Means Never Having to Be Sorry

The Left and Muslim Brotherhood have created a monster. In March of this year, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived our monetary judgment...

06.08.2026 10

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We Are the Losers, My Friend

We have decided to support the losers in society at the expense of the producers. An Israeli friend of mine spoke highly of the U.S. Civil Rights...

05.08.2026 10

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Bernie Slanders

The multimillionaire “socialist” senator joins a long line of Jews who have betrayed their brethren. The Democratic leadership decided to take out...

05.08.2026 10

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There Are Scientists and Then There Are Faucis

In every field, there are professionals and charlatans. The latter usually receive most of the accolades and credit. My father was an old-school...

28.07.2026 10

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What’s on Your Mind?

There’s always something worthy of discussing. I don’t have rabbinic ordination, though one of my graduate school professors suggested that I...

27.07.2026 10

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Either Or

Our politics are nearly binary. That is, hopefully, a good thing. I told my kids a factoid that was hard for them to swallow. In the 1970s, Howard...

26.07.2026 10

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Hate Trumps It All

How will the Saudis react to the offer of a lifetime? It was revealed last week that Donald Trump has made a classic Trumpian offer: he proposed that...

25.07.2026 20

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His Dishonor

It’s time to shove it right back at them. Zohran Mamdani (D, Hamas) is a lout. He finally admitted that he cannot “arrest” Benjamin Netanyahu,...

23.07.2026 20

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Play-Acting to Destruction

Our younger generation is bored, and their boredom might destroy Western Civilization. I don’t think I can recall all the episodes of Star Trek...

22.07.2026 10

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When Technologies Go Sideways

How technologies rise or fall beyond what inventors had in mind. I have a simple rule of thumb: if anyone promises a technology in five years or more,...

21.07.2026 10

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The World Is Collapsing—or Is It?

In Israel, several events have once again set off the world-is-collapsing flashing red lights. There are times when Jews, or more specifically...

20.07.2026 10

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About the News on Page 17

We have access to a lot of news, not all of which is front and center. When Jay Leno took over for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, he, too, gave...

19.07.2026 10

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Their Evil Knows No Bounds

How can one talk to the left when they deny reality? During the Iran-Iraq War, most people wanted both sides to lose. Israel, like the US and others,...

18.07.2026 10

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JD Retreat

The current vice president is giving Dan Quayle a good name. JD Vance is a young, bright fellow. But like the Yankees shortstop, Anthony Volpe, he is...

16.07.2026 10

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Ro, Ro, Ro Your Boat

A new Democrat parlor game involves coming to Israel to attack the locals. Rahm Emanuel and Ro Khanna magically came to Israel when nobody asked for...

15.07.2026 10

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The Alternative to Candace Owens Is Actually Worse

The freedom of expression we take for granted comes with its inherent downsides. The preliminary hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case debunked...

14.07.2026 20

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Jew Are You?

Okay, I read the comments, and YES, lots of Jews vote for the destroyers of America. I once knew a young woman who was part of the U.S. national...

13.07.2026 10

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Fighting for Nothing

The Democrats can’t think of a good reason to like the United States. I have a friend who was a Harvard Summer School counselor. One of the students...

12.07.2026 10

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Choose Life

Western countries stand at a crossroads; the time to act is now. “Muslim minority” countries rarely stay that way. Someone recently pointed out...

11.07.2026 10

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Rahmbo

Every has-been has to give his two cents on what Israel should do. An American friend of mine who lives in a town in Samaria told me a story. He was...

09.07.2026 20

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Jews Are Being Removed From Polite Society

Jews will be in the West; in many places they simply will not be welcome. My friends and I are having a hard time wrapping our heads around the...

08.07.2026 10

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Let's Work With the Good Guys

While Islam is mostly a political movement bent on world domination, there may be some key exceptions. I had an amazing professor of “The Middle...

07.07.2026 20

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Culture Still Matters

One can downplay it, but culture matters—a lot. I walked by a light rail station the other day and noted a lot of verbiage on the ground. “Stand...

06.07.2026 20

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Murdering the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs

How do you identify hatred? When one party acts against its interests out of pure loathing of the other. The WNBA is celebrating 30 years of doing...

05.07.2026 20

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Don’t Shop at Von’s

Theo Von is the avatar of a generation that wants to know nothing. Theo Von seems like a nice person. He kind of looks and acts like a teddy bear that...

04.07.2026 20

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I Was Against It Before I Was Against It

No ceasefire or effort to make peace can appease those who hate Jews and Israel. You would have thought that an announced peace pathway between...

02.07.2026 20

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The Zara Effect

What one powerful clothing chain can tell you about world peace. I had never heard of Zara until I came to Israel, though the company currently has...

01.07.2026 20

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USA: 1 Europe: 0

As the World Cup continues along, the historic victory of the U.S. over Europe becomes ever clearer. It's 2026, and we can now confirm that the...

30.06.2026 20

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Battle Royale

Retooled Democratic and Republican parties are getting ready for the battle over the soul of the nation. The Republican and Democratic parties are at...

29.06.2026 20

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The End of the World As We Knew It

Should we again be getting ready to deal with a nuclear bomb? The other night, we had a neighborhood-wide power outage. The national electric company...

28.06.2026 20

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The Best Planes Ever

Everyone has an opinion, and below is mine. Planes are funny things. If one were to go to his cardiologist, he would not be encouraged to hear the...

27.06.2026 20

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When the Microphone Is Bigger Than the Crowd

People with big microphones often don’t have as much influence as they believe they do. If I could suggest a movie that most reminds me of Tucker...

25.06.2026 20

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