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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 […]

Obesity: Veritably, a crime!

Count that day wasted in which one do-gooder has not commented on your weight, your grass, your scratched fender, your salt intake, your roof, your eyeglasses, your  ...

News of the World dead in the water — not the water of tears

As a newspaper ourselves, the last thing we want to see is yet another newspaper bite the dust, especially in this digital age. But we have to admit that when […]

Punishment may rebound

Reading a repeated refrain in releases from the revolution in Egypt, you’d think that ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak had been the energy minister of the State of Israel. So...

Admirable ethical behavior by New York DA

Dominique Strauss-Kahn remains an unappealing figure, however the ultimate disposition of his rape case in New York may turn out. Yet, at least as unappealing and...

Israel on the US immigration watch list

Here is a case in which reading the fine print is an absolute necessity. According to the JTA, Israel is on a list compiled by US immigration authorities of countries...