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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...
The multimillionaire “socialist” senator joins a long line of Jews who have betrayed their brethren. The Democratic leadership decided to take out...
In every field, there are professionals and charlatans. The latter usually receive most of the accolades and credit. My father was an old-school...
There’s always something worthy of discussing. I don’t have rabbinic ordination, though one of my graduate school professors suggested that I...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
In Israel, several events have once again set off the world-is-collapsing flashing red lights. There are times when Jews, or more specifically...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
The freedom of expression we take for granted comes with its inherent downsides. The preliminary hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case debunked...
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...
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...
Western countries stand at a crossroads; the time to act is now. “Muslim minority” countries rarely stay that way. Someone recently pointed out...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Retooled Democratic and Republican parties are getting ready for the battle over the soul of the nation. The Republican and Democratic parties are at...
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...
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...
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...
Not all things are compatible, and there comes a time when choices must be made. Not all of Israel’s internal news makes it to the foreign press....
American honor must come before personal considerations. One of the saddest stories in the Prophets revolves around the first king of Israel, King...
Patents are the grease of American business greatness. During my doctoral work, I had several opportunities to fly with professors and lab mates to...
When you fight an army, you fight its people. One of the biggest mistakes of modern warfare is the vain attempt to distinguish between an army and the...
The things we cherish often tell us a great deal about who we are. There are many historical statements of the nature, “Tell me...and I’ll tell...
President Trump and his sidekick are saying some very strange things of late. There are some people for whom you truly feel sorry. They mean well, but...
The annual British pageant is a reminder of how far England has fallen. Trooping the Colour is an annual British event nominally performed around the...
Things could look better. One thing I don’t like is when people complain for the wrong reasons. Imagine being at the airport. You ran to get to your...
The Iran Deal and normal Americans. West Rogers Park in Chicago is well-known as a very Jewish neighborhood. There are lots of kosher restaurants,...
What’s a deal worth when your “friends” do what they want? It was well-known in the day that Jim McMahon could drive Bears coach Mike Ditka...
While walking around town, I noticed a small sign in Hebrew and English that announced the neighborhood of “Even Yisrael,” which translates to the...
How does it all end for the bad guys? I always have questions for generals and admirals who are no longer among us. In the movie...
Israel has been at war since its founding. The reason is simple. An interesting piece of information concerns when countries became “Muslim...
“Curating” or sending information down the Memory Hole means that we are losing historical truth. One thing I try to do in my writing is to source...
What goes through the head of a typical Israeli? One of the greatest human capabilities is being able to understand another human being. I did not say...
It’s not even a competition. SpaceX is set to go public this week. The company is seeking $75 billion from the offering, while demand has already...
In six years, you could not have fixed the problem? I have a friend who is a kind of fixer in the Israeli Knesset. You’d never know his name, and...
With some noticeable exceptions. I think that most people dream of being rich. They think of the wonderful life they could live and possibly all of...
The near endless failures of peace-making in the Middle East are due to our not thinking like the locals. Imagine being in an intense negotiation with...