By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO –Some folks enjoy the easy, racially-tinged declaration, after viewing an African American man on the television news being indicted or sentenced for some gruesome crime: “Well, of course.” The assumption, the throw-away epithet, is simple, coarse, and poorly-informed. It is driven by the insipid racism of too many people […]
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USABy Peter Huessy WASHINGTON, D.C. — A small group of nuclear abolitionists are pushing for the United States to dramatically reduce its nuclear weapons and eliminate the strategic nuclear triad, which for half a century has maintained the peace. Global Zero, which bills itself as an international movement for the elimination of all nuclear weapons
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Elections instill panic. What should we do in order to solve the problems? Wrong strategy. There are not any solutions for the stickiest of the problems. The point is to select a candidate with the greatest chance of making things a little bit better, or only a little bit worse.
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Ira Sharkansky, USABy Daniel Halper WASHINGTON, D.C — No intellectually honest individual could examine the vast array of evidence and believe there has not been a spate of high-level national security leaks over the past months. Intimate details of the SEAL team raid on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan have been consumed by
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Governor Romney continues overseas travel that includes Israel, he doesn’t have to be ready to solve the problems of the region, or have a “peace plan” in his pocket. A few basic principles — previously observed by both Republican and Democratic presidents — will serve him well. 1.
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By David Brin ENCINITAS, California –Folks have been writing in, ever since I posted the latest version of my “Names of Infamy” essay. In fact, during just the last few days there has been a noticeable media swell – – a growing movement not to mention the name of the Aurora/Batman shooter. As reported by
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By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — When students return to University of California classes in the Fall, those who are involved in or interested in the debates about Israel or Palestinians will have two new reports to chew on. Similarly, faculty who may be affected by the reports will have to face tensions between
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USABy Ira Sharkansksy JERUSALEM — Whenever the news described something troublesome, Grandma would wring her hands and ask God that it not be a Jew who was responsible. Life was placid and protected in Fall River, but that was not the case in Bialystok which still fit somewhere in Grandma’s conception of home. It’s been close
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By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In a prior article, I wrote with dismay about the U.S.Secretary of Defense “leaking” to the world that “Israel would attack Iran” in this (now past) Spring, and about others in the Obama administration leaking that “Azerbaidjan had agreed to allow Israel to use its territory
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho–While visiting here, I came across the news that out along the plains of Kansas, a grandiose vision of the pro-life movement is taking shape—on the backs of Jewish history and anguish. Pastor Mark Holick, who speaks for the proposed International Pro-Life Memorial and National Life Center, scheduled for
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The Aurora massacre ought to shock us out of our collective lethargy. Among the questions we are asking, we wonder: How can a young a brilliant medical student, who originally dedicated his life to helping people turn into a killing machine? What happened to his concern
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy David Brin ENCINITAS, California — Now it’s “James Eagan Holmes,” another name we’d rather not know. Opening fire at a crowded Colorado movie theater during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises” Holmes killed twelve and injured dozens — seizing world attention and far more than his fair share of our collective memories.
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–It was midnight at the Century 16 “Cineplex” in Aurora, Colorado—an eerie time of night ghoulishly in sync with the conceit of the latest in the Batman movie franchise. Also in mode: the maddening theme of “ambivalence” in terms of good / evil that is trademark of these Dark Knight
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By James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration’s intention to shift military resources to the Pacific satisfies American objectives, including enhancing stability and bilateral relations, and, perhaps most importantly, expanding economic opportunities. Broadening the scope of this shift, or “pivot,” as it is often called, to encompass the Arctic region furthers U.S. interests and
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