From The Jewish Standard
by HEATHER ROBINSON
As pro-democracy demonstrators, autocratic rulers, and hard-line Islamist forces jockey for position across the Middle East, the region is up for grabs. No one knows how things will look when the dust settles. President Obama has a once-in-a-lifetime leadership …
From The Jewish Standard
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) certainly picked a chaotic moment to say that the U.S. should end all foreign aid, including to Israel. More pragmatic heads in the Senate — including New Jersey’s own Sen. Robert Menendez — should prevail. (See page 13.)
In …
From The Jewish Standard
by HEATHER ROBINSON
This week all eyes are on Egypt. It is uncertain who will succeed President Hosni Mubarak and what kind of government will be in power. But we should not miss other important developments. In a world where so few can truly be …
From Jewish World Review
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Sarah Palin appeared on FOX News’s “Hannity’s America” to defend herself and her use of the term “blood libel” in reference to suggestions that she bore some partial responsibility for inciting the massacre that left Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords …
From The Huffington Post
by HEATHER ROBINSON
It is becoming increasingly clear that the killing spree of Jared Loughner, who claimed the lives of six and injured 14, including beloved Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was not fueled by political ideology; rather, it was the result of severe, chronic, and …
From The Huffington Post
by HEATHER ROBINSON
German activists are raising an outcry over what they characterize as a growing “offensive of promoting German-Iran relations” on the part of German politicians and businesspeople that they believe is undercutting hard-won gains in the cooperative EU and U.S. effort to isolate …
From Jewish World Review
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Rhetorical sparks flew in Manhattan as Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard University, and Scott Horton, contributing editor of Harper’s magazine, sparred on the subject of Lawfare, or the alleged systematic use of law as a weapon of war against Western liberal democracies. …
from the Los Angeles Times
by HEATHER ROBINSON
As EU foreign ministers meet, Iran’s second-largest trading partner, Germany, has a responsibility — and leverage. It should lead, as an issue of conscience, in making sure new sanctions have teeth.
Foreign ministers of European Union member states are meeting in Brussels on Monday …
From Jewish World Review
by Heather Robinson
As I started to write about the death, last weekend, of Gary Coleman, my pen leaked all over my hand. It seems fitting that, writing about this pop culture icon, I got a taste–albeit a tiny one–of bad luck.
In this age of psychology, when diagnoses substitute …
Down With Dictators: Mideast Protests Through Sharansky’s Prism
From The Jewish Standard
by HEATHER ROBINSON
This week, as rebels rage against the dictator Moammar Gaddafi in Libya, hundreds of thousands rally to oppose Yemen’s autocracy, and others risk their lives to oppose Iran’s mullahs, the Middle East’s future remains uncertain. …
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