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The almighty convention

This entry is an excerpt from Chris Leppek’s article in the IJN’s August 29 edition. To the degree that politics is perception — a product as slickly...

If there is no G-d

We are constantly reminded about the destructive consequences of religion — intolerance, hatred, division, inquisitions, persecutions of “heretics,” holy wars. Though...

Forty days

The Days of Awe are coming. This Sunday at sunset, a special time in the Jewish calendar will begin, the 40 days leading up to our holiest day of all: […]

The dead serious circus of the Free Gaza Movement

Pleased to introduce: the Free Gaza Movement. This creative, ill intentioned band of left-wing Palestinian sympathizers announced weeks ago its intent to sail to Gaza....

The Obamas, minus the discounts

Go ahead, take all the discounts. Grant, for the sake of argument, that it was exploitive of Michelle Obama to trot out her two children on stage during her dramatic ...

Cell phones ring supreme at the DNC

For four days in August, Denver looked a lot like Israel. There were so many cell phones on 16th Street Mall that it could have passed for Ben Yehuda — […]

Suicide in the US Army

The suicide rate in the US Army is at its highest level since the military began recording these statistics 28 years ago –– and you can blame it almost entirely...

Shabbat – or Sunday – tranquility?

Quiet. No open shops. People walking through near empty streets. No, this is not Saturday in Jerusalem, but Sunday in Switzerland. A recent IJN editorial about an...

Democrats acknowledge the importance of Colorado

Next week will be a stellar one in Denver’s history — perhaps the most important week in the history of the city. For a national party to holds its presidential...

Beware: Russia fights for her ‘sphere of influence’

I. The editorial cartoons seeking to make sense of the recent war between Russia and Georgia invariably depict the proverbial Russian bear, devouring defenseless Georgia...