Bibi’s Last Charade: Pretending War is Peace
Author’s note: Trying to analyze the Gaza crisis as it has evolved over the past two months is enough to…
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What Happens To Free Speech Now That Any President Can Safely Trash the Constitution?
Regarding yesterday’s abominable Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity: In all the public handwringing about it, no one has addressed…
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Debate Doggerel: Trump’s Self-Rending Rants about Ukraine and the Afghan Evacuation
During the gut-wrenching presidential debate last Thursday, Donald Trump spoke with revealing candor about two hot-button issues which I have…
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Excess In Defense of Common Decency is Only Antidote To Trumpism
Wise observers of the American scene — like documentarian Ken Burns in his recent commencement address at Vanderbilt — urge…
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Staring into the Abyss – and Finding Silver Linings for Gaza and Israel
Instant postmortems are inherently fools’ errands, especially within the context of volatile crises like the sudden direct Iran-Israel shootout. …
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Amid “Truce” Hype, Israeli Topsider Signals Possible End of Gaza Offensive in Two Months
Just before the lately negotiated four-day “humanitarian pause” in Gaza, Israel’s top security official put a little-noticed time frame on…
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Shortening the Gaza War: Will Israel Consider It?
Having lassoed Gaza City in less than seven days, breached the “central military quarter” controlled by Hamas, and buttoned up escape…
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Ghosts and AI Spearhead Israel’s Gaza Offensive
If anything can be said for certain about Israel’s on-going multi-front offensive against Hamas, it is this: the aura of…
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Making Peace While the House Is Burning – Israel’s Impossible Choices
Obliterating the oppressed Palestinians of Gaza to punish them for the sins of their Hamas masters may finally accomplish one of…
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The “October Surprise” Surprises Us All Over Again
(Author’s note: This essay was written before the current Mideast crisis and my remarks about the Israelis in the Iran-Contra/October…