Editorials
Piracy today. . .terrorism today. . .no difference
IJN Editorial StaffApr 15, 2009
The modern day pirates who prowl the seas off Somalia have little if anything in common with such fictional stereotypes as Long John Silver or Jack Sparrow. These...
‘Radical Islam’
IJN Editorial StaffApr 08, 2009
President Obama said in Turkey that the US is not at war with Islam. We assume he means something different, but he needs to put it plainly. We assume he […]
Faye Schayer, 1915-2009
IJN Editorial StaffApr 08, 2009
A gentle woman full of spunk and intellectual curiosity from a different era. Faye Schayer enlivened our community with her avid interest in its history, leading her...
Kudos: Four special people who bring freedom into our lives
IJN Editorial StaffApr 02, 2009
John Temple If one needed a theological lesson that nothing lasts forever except G-d, one might say that the Rocky Mountain News, under the leadership of John Temple,...
Ward Churchill goofed on only five notes — really, so what?
IJN Editorial StaffMar 27, 2009
It is now clear: Prof. Ward Churchill falsified only five footnotes out of 4,000 pages of scholarship. Why is he being hounded? Why was he fired? The vast percentage...
Obama and Netanyahu: Not so cozy days ahead
IJN Editorial StaffMar 27, 2009
The first 60 days of President Obamas presidency have been a mad scramble to keep up with the nations daunting economic developments. Its not hard to see why such...
Blessings in disguise: the fat AIG bonuses
IJN Editorial StaffMar 19, 2009
Question: If Bush was wrong on bailouts, why is Obama repeating the same mistake? Bush did not know what he was doing last September with his $700 billion bailout, and...
The Pope’s mea culpa
IJN Editorial StaffMar 19, 2009
It may be the height of irony, but the recent confrontation between world Jewry and the Roman Catholic Church may have actually done more good than harm. That might seem...
Set clocks, then spring
IJN Editorial StaffMar 19, 2009
Spring officially arrives in Colorado this Friday, March 20, at 5:44 a.m. Today there are no seasonal Jewish blessings, but spring certainly deserves the blessing of our...
Rahm vs. Rush
IJN Editorial StaffMar 12, 2009
Presidents of the United States are not supposed to get into food fights, but that is exactly what Rahm Emanuel has prompted. It is beneath the dignity of the presidency...
