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Ways to Restore the Romance That Dating Apps Kill
May 18, 2017
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
From the mid-’90s arrival of Match.com through the launch of dating apps like Tinder in the early 2010s, technology has altered the way most big-city singles look for love — and not in a good way.
For many men...
April Fools, in Love
April 2, 2017
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
We’ve all been there.
Some say you need to be a fool to fall in love, and maybe that’s true. Elvis Presley’s classic song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” while cautioning that “Wise men say/only fools rush...
Iraqi Parliamentarian Supports Trump Travel Ban, Says ‘It’s not anti-Islamic, It’s anti-Iranian regime’
March 16, 2017
Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi traveled to Washington D.C. late last month to meet with top officials in the Trump White House. I met with Mr. Alusi in Washington D.C. in the aftermath of his meetings with U.S. officials, and conducted a...
Why Valentine’s Day Has Would-be Lovers Going Offline
February 13, 2017
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
In an age of technology-assisted dating, when the text has displaced the phone call, the virtual “wink” has replaced face-to-face flirtation and swiping right or left has supplanted striding across the room...
Where is the Outrage?
February 1, 2017
The needless, brutal deaths of American children in our own cities – and not just our own selfish, partisan concerns – is what should outrage Americans. Where is the action from New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio to address...
Here’s Why Many New York Women Did Not March
January 28, 2017
by Heather Robinson
Sometimes strength of character means standing alone…
Last Saturday, women’s marches happened around the world, by some estimates drawing 400,000 marchers here in New York City.
These events, undeniably a...
A Call for Unity From New York City
January 13, 2017
In what promises to be a unique and memorable week for all Americans, the national holiday honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 16th occurs in the same week as the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump...
Getting Past the Politically Driven Social-media Hate
December 30, 2016
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
For many Americans, 2016 was a year in which contentious political disputes at times spilled over into their personal lives, with social media pushing apart friends, neighbors and even family.
At the tail end of a...
Sudanese-Americans to Trump: help us stop the bloodshed
December 15, 2016
by Heather Robinson
Sudanese-American activists gathered today in sub-freezing temperatures across from Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan to call on President-elect Donald Trump to do everything in his power to stop the bloodshed in South Sudan, the world’s...
Dershowitz at ZOA: beware extremist entanglements
December 1, 2016
Dashing expectations, White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon, who has come under accusations of anti-Semitism, did not come to the Zionist Organization of America’s Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award dinner Sunday November 20th. But...