September 3, 2024

Are the citizens of Israel failing their leaders?

It has been almost 50 years since the miracle Entebbe rescue mission.  It has been a bit over 50 years since the 1972 Munich massacres. Israel’s policy for many years was simple: we do not negotiate with terrorists. The Shalit d...

January 23, 2024

Can Israel win in Gaza?

Israel faces a major dilemma as the war progresses now into the fourth month of fighting.  As an American Jew, I know that Israel needs to prevail in Gaza.  The last war that the U.S. won was WWII, when we crushed our enemies....

March 9, 2022

Has the tide turned for Ukraine?

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." —Winston Churchill, Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House, November 10, 1942 There is at least a glimmer of hop...

January 21, 2022

I love California too, but...

I love California, too.  I love the sun, the ocean, the beaches, the rivers, the mountains, the variety of scenery.  I grew up and earned my living in Northern California — but it has changed. I hate the government and wh...

January 8, 2022

Foreseeable electric car catastrophes

Imagine: It is September 4, 2035, in Miami and a large Cat. 5 hurricane is offshore headed straight for the city. Roughly 7 million persons are in the general area where the hurricane will come ashore in 24 hours.  The governor orders an...