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Corned Beef vs. Pastrami

“Who is a Jew?” An important, even critical, question when determining who may marry whom (to take one important example) — but not important when determining who may...

The illusion of endless debt is over

Barack Obama came into office, just like those before him, thinking he could raise the national debt ceiling as a matter of routine. Indeed, some commentators say that...

National destruction

The Jewish people has forgotten that it is in exile. Partially, this is due to the creation of the State of Israel. Partially, this is due to the extraordinary welcome...

Lessons from the shocking killings in Norway

Was the killer in Norway insane? If so, he can plead innocent by reason of insanity and be put away in a mental hospital. And if so, we have nothing […]

No comment necessary II

Verbatim, from a news item in the Denver Post: “A proposed Saudi counterterrorism law that would give the Interior Minister sweeping powers and mandate jail sentences...

No comment necessary

Verbatim, from Yoram Ettinger’s “Straight from the Boardroom”: “Is Israel isolated, boycotted? Is time running out on the Jewish state? On the contrary — time is on...

Accident ahead?

Democrats and Republicans are entrenched in their respective partisan aisles dueling over the debt ceiling crisis. They seem more concerned about politics than the body...

Jack Shaffer, 1928-2011

“And I don’t want you walking out of here feeling sorry for me. My life has been wonderful — I’ve had much more than my share.” Just like that. Normal […]

Right, peace with Stalin . . . with Assad . . . with . . . what?

Sometimes the absurd is so strong, staring one so starkly in the face, that it is, paradoxically, not seen. How else to explain the ceaseless urgings of the Clinton...

Israel’s anti-boycott law: Understandable, but ill advised

We have no sympathy for Jews in Israel who boycott Jews, for Israelis who do not buy, and try to get others not to buy, goods produced on the West […]