September 3, 2023

A compendium of everything wrong with Barack Obama's legacy

Perhaps the greatest service of Barack Obama's True Legacy, the recently published collection of penetrating essays on the Obama presidency by a number of knowledgeable and trenchant authors, edited by Jamie Glazov, is its contribution to co...

September 26, 2015

Progressivism: Easing the Way to Mass Murder

The progressive creed as it relates to foreign policy, and as represented most notably by our Progressive-in-Chief, President Obama, holds that the impact of United States behavior in the world has largely been negative. It casts American foreign pol...

April 6, 2014

The European Union, Africa, and the Jews

"Sepulcher city"; so Joseph Conrad’s narrator, Marlowe, labels Brussels in The Heart of Darkness.  "...  a city that always makes me think of a whited sepulcher." The terms derive from the Gospel of Matthew and ref...

September 13, 2013

Lessons of Oslo after Twenty Years

Twenty years ago today, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat signed the initial Oslo agreements in a ceremony on the White House lawn that captured the world's attention and seemed to many the start of genuine peace between Israel and the Palestinians. ...

April 24, 2011

Israeli Settlements, Jewish Boycotts, and 'The Tent'

Should Jewish groups that boycott settlements be included within the tent of American Jewish organizations that join together to -- among other communal objectives -- defend Israel against assaults on her legitimacy and right to exist? An answer...

March 20, 2011

Self-Reflection and Self-Blame; Israel and Obama

Much has been written about President Obama's reported statement to a Jewish group earlier this month that Israelis should search their souls concerning the quest for peace. In this offensive comment and related remarks, Obama once more put the onus ...

October 26, 2008

The Economic Meltdown and Obama's Bounce: An American Paradox

Before the fall meltdown of the American economy, the presidential candidates were in a very tight race, with most polls giving John McCain a slight edge. But the focus on the nation's dramatic financial crisis has worked in Barack Obama's favor acro...