My thoughts on politics.
Growing up, it seemed like the Cold War would never end. It was a big deal when it did. But it seems that Obama brought it back to life again. And President Trump has invited it to stick around. So says veteran columnist Caroline Glick, who lays it all out for us in her piece …
The Daily Caller cites a New York Times article in which, Joel S. Baden, Yale University professor of the Hebrew Bible admonishes the Washington, D.C. Museum of the Bible for only representing a “Judeo-Christian” perspective on the bible. As if there’s another people who use this book as the main text of their religion?? In …
Israel, a mostly ceremonial position. The occasion was Rivlin’s speech at the Jewish Federation General Assembly in Los Angeles. The Jerusalem Post has the story: Rivlin told Gadot. “Even then we knew you’d be great. I am so proud and happy to meet you, a real and beloved ambassador for the State of Israel, who …
Reading about Ryland Ward, the five-year-old boy who survived being shot four times and watching his mother and sister cut down in front of him, there are mixed feelings. There are feelings of elation because in all the blood and horror, here is a survivor, a child, who lived. But there is also the surety …
Kenneth L. Marcus has been appointed assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education. This has the left going out of its collective mind. Why? Because Marcus has criticized the Office for Civil Rights for failing to address what he calls “antisemitic incidents that masquerade as “anti-Israelism.” If you google “Kenneth Marcus appointment” …
Israel is America’s only democratic ally in the Middle East. But as a country even younger than America, Israel has had trouble squaring its Jewish identity with its desire to be a democratic state. For years, Israel has been trying to pass a form of the Jewish Nation-State bill that would please all its constituents, …
Trump used the Russian bribes of the Clinton Foundation during the election and Hillary claimed ignorance. But a new report from The Hill, suggests otherwise. Here’s a pull quote but do read the whole thing, it’s fascinating: The Obama administration’s decision to approve Rosatom’s purchase of Uranium One has been a source of political controversy …
Sunday morning, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke from the bunker in which he hides from Israel. Al-Manar, a Hezbollah media organ carried the rant which went beyond anti-Israel to antisemitic, which we all know is the same thing anyway. Here’s what he said: “The Netanyahu government is leading your nation to destruction. Don’t allow a …
The number of NFL teams protesting during the national anthem is long and, in the humble opinion of this blogger, depressing. Taking a knee during the national anthem is a sign of disrespect for a great and wonderful country that offers unheard of opportunities to people of all color, especially when compared to repressive third …
A Jerusalem Post article tells us that Iran has upped its funding of the terror group Hezbollah from $200m to $830m. Quite a jump! The article explains this is due to the lifting of sanctions as part of the JCPOA. Even now, everyone mouths what they were told to think regarding Obama and the JCPOA: …