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Guns and marijuana don’t mix

Many are bent out of shape over a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives letter sent to gun sellers. The government wrote to gun sellers that it is...

Pardon me!

Whether an uncovered sneeze or egregious action is at fault, ‘tis the season to be sorry. Some of us habitually apologize, even in the absence of wrongdoing. Others...

Kudos to Obama and Netanyahu for two phenomenal speeches at the UN

I. President Obama The cynics will say that President Obama’s speech on behalf of Israel at the UN last week was motivated by electoral concerns — he got the message...

Prayers for 5772 from the IJN Staff

AT this time of upheaval in the Middle East, uncertainty in Israel and deepening divisiveness here at home, I pray for understanding, coexistence and peace. I pray that...

The fallacy of a ‘green’ environment

These are not trick questions: He who recycles extensively is more environmentally responsible than he who does not — right? He who drives a car that gets 27 mpg is...

Egypt: You cannot base peace on two men

Those initial skeptics of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel used to say: “Peace cannot be based on one man.” The man they meant was Anwar Sadat, who, in...

Anne Epstein, 1923-2011

Until the past few years, B’nai B’rith was an all-male organization; locally it was proudly known as B’nai B’rith Denver Lodge #171. In the old days, the lodge...

Muslim support for Shalit

Among the peripheral victims of 9/11 were non-jihadist American Muslims. Apparently, the Saudi-based fundamentalist Islamic terrorists who planned and carried out the...

Osama bin Laden won

It is truly a consolation that Osama bin Laden is dead, that his organization is, apparently, reeling, that since 9/11 America has not been hit by a major terrorist...

If you live long enough . . .

The United Nations is vacuously anti-Israel. What a surprise —  a shock, actually — to learn of the UN report on the flotilla. Turkey, in 2010, let loose a number...