September 20, 2011 – 1:50 pm

Tonight (Tues. Sept. 20th) I will be moderating a candidates’ forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition at the Jewish Center of Teaneck. Each of the three candidates attending is challenging a democratic incumbent in New Jersey. Below is a short bio of each of the three candidates. Hope to …
December 27, 2010 – 7:27 pm

As the January 9 referendum approaches in Sudan, granting that country’s Southerners the chance to vote for independence and to become the world’s newest nation, signs are mixed. On the one hand, indicted war criminal Omar al-Bashir, leader of the Khartoum government, has warned he will possibly obstruct secession. On the other …
November 3, 2010 – 3:32 pm

Today the Iranian regime is planning to execute, by hanging, a 43-year-old mother of two whose plight at the hands of Iran’s radical Islamist government has prompted an international outcry.
In September I wrote about this woman, …
October 18, 2010 – 6:49 pm

Just have to write a word or two about the hypocrisy of Maureen Dowd’s column today.
Generally I avoid writing posts that critique other journalists and columnists. We have enough malcontents disparaging us already–cranks of the left- or right-wing variety who like to unload their personal frustrations …
September 27, 2010 – 7:36 pm

The brilliant and intrepid Claudia Rosett, the investigative journalist who exposed the oil for food scandal, has a sharp blog post about a shocking incident that took place at the U.N. last week when Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, kicked out a Jerusalem Post reporter - on U.N. …
September 1, 2010 – 5:55 pm

Disturbing news out of Iran this week as the regime-backed newspaper daily Kayhan says Carla Bruni, first lady of France, deserves to die for her views.
Taking a stand for the rights of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two who was sentenced by an Iranian court to death …

Interesting piece in this week’s Los Angeles Times about Germany’s trade relationship with Iran.
According to this article, Germany’s industrialists and politicians “regularly advocate business with the Islamic Republic. Germany sold $4.5 billion worth of goods to Iran last year.”
Following World War II, the allies allowed many German businesses, including …

Below is a letter issued this week by Florida Congresswoman ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, who is taking on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). UNRWA, a U.N. agency with a mandate to care for Palestinians, has received $3.6 billion in U.S. tax dollars since its inception. This agency, which has been …

Having finally emerged from a winter that made my hometown of Pittsburgh resemble a scene from the film Doctor Zhivago, I’m not inclined to put Al Gore’s dire warnings about global warming at the top of my worry list. As Los Angeles writer Jennifer Ginsberg puts it, with Iran …
What Women Want — Really
From The Huffington Post
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Ah, the eternal question: What do women really want? (Hint: It’s not a vacuum cleaner or thigh master.) Here are twelve things we actually do care about. Feel free to take notes!
1. Henry Kissinger had it wrong — power can be sexy, but …