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The Forever War
The pictures are almost too painful to look at: the starving children and their desperate mothers, the frail and emaciated hostages, the memories of the bodies on Oct. 7.
And for those who have loved Israel, have planted our trees as children and celebrated Israel's victories as adults, there is the pain of seeing the world, including its ...Read more
Laura Loomer Strikes Again
Laura Loomer, the right-wing influencer and conspiracy theorist who describes herself as "pro-white nationalist" and who is so far out there that she herself could not make it through the vetting process for a job in either the Trump campaign or the Trump administration, has some new scalps to add to her collection. She is the self-appointed ...Read more
The Harvard Fight: Money v. Principle
"No government -- regardless of which party is in power -- should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue," Harvard President Alan Garber said in April. He's right. That is not a principle that should be negotiable.
Reports have surfaced this week that ...Read more
Trump's Attack on President Obama
It's not just Trump being Trump. We -- and by "we" I mean both the public and the media -- have gotten so used to Trump repeating outrageous lies that we tend to dismiss them out of hand. But this is much, much worse. For Trump and his top officials to accuse former President Barack Obama of treason, much less to call for an investigation by ...Read more