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The Miraculous Truth About Jerusalem
Jerusalem is now the home of the United States Embassy in Israel, as it should be.
But our first diplomatic presence in Jerusalem began in 1844, when we established a one-man consulate in the holy city. Why a mere consulate, and not an embassy? Because Jerusalem at the time wasn’t the capital of anything—no separate Palestinian state had ever existed,...
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Jerusalem’s Palestinians: Drawing Them In, Not Pushing Them Out
With the U.S. embassy finally moving to Israel’s capital of Jerusalem, media narratives on the city’s history promote distortions, half-truths and outright lies.
According to one common claim, Jerusalem thrived for centuries as a Palestinian center before Israel seized the city in 1967, practicing “ethnic cleansing” against local Muslims...
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Cornell Student Presents Senior Thesis In Her Underwear
The most remarkable thing about the title of this column, “Cornell student presents senior thesis in her underwear” is that not one reader thinks it’s a joke. That, my friends, is further proof of the low esteem in which most Americans hold our universities. The left has rendered our universities, in the description of Harvard […]
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Cornell Student Presents Senior Thesis In Her Underwear
The most remarkable thing about the title of this column, “Cornell student presents senior thesis in her underwear” is that not one reader thinks it’s a joke. That, my friends, is further proof of the low esteem in which most Americans hold our universities. The left has rendered our universities, in the description of Harvard […]
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The War on Wisdom
There is more knowledge available today than ever before in history. But few would argue people are wiser than ever before. On the contrary, many of us would argue that we are living in a particularly foolish time — a period that is largely wisdom-free, especially among those with the most knowledge: the best educated. […]
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The War on Wisdom
There is more knowledge available today than ever before in history. But few would argue people are wiser than ever before. On the contrary, many of us would argue that we are living in a particularly foolish time — a period that is largely wisdom-free, especially among those with the most knowledge: the best educated. […]
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Korea as Key to Victory for Trump & GOP
Over-confident Democrats take comfort in the history of mid-term elections in a new president’s first term: for nearly two centuries, the party in power almost always loses seats in Congress.
But Republicans should feel encouraged by the only exception to that rule since FDR: in 2002, George W. Bush defied history and Republicans gained strength in both...
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Instinctive Love for Ourselves–And Others
A familiar but mysterious Biblical verse, which was read aloud in Jewish services around the world in late April, may aid Americans in overcoming the bitter divisions currently afflicting our country.
In Leviticus 18:15, God commands: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself – I am God!”
A nineteenth century sage, the Alter of Slabodka, understood the...
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Impeachment Talk Can Only Damage Dems
Recent polls suggest 70% of Democrats support impeachment of President Trump—a preference ignoring obvious lessons from the recent past.
Only three presidents ever faced serious impeachment challenges, and the first two confrontations gave the voters no voice in the matter. Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 during his last months in office and he wasn’t...
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Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today
The dominant force in America and many other Western countries today is fear of the left. This is a result of the fact that the most dynamic religion of the past 100 years has been neither Christianity nor Islam. It has been leftism. Whoever does not recognize this does not understand the contemporary world. Leftism […]
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Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today
The dominant force in America and many other Western countries today is fear of the left. This is a result of the fact that the most dynamic religion of the past 100 years has been neither Christianity nor Islam. It has been leftism. Whoever does not recognize this does not understand the contemporary world. Leftism […]
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Alan Seeger (1888 – 1916): I Have a Rendezvous with Death
The incomparably beautiful poem reference by President Macron. It was written in 1916 by Alan Seeger—a patriotic Harvard graduate who volunteered to fight for the French in the early days of WWI, before America had entered the war. He died in heroic action at the Battle of the Somme, just weeks after writing his prophetic poem.
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The Left’s Dubious Diversity
The left cherishes a peculiar, pernicious concept of “diversity” as the New York Times demonstrated with its reporting on the new president of Cuba. The newspaper’s headline proclaimed “A Transition of Power in Cuba Sends a Signal on Diversity” and a caption to a photo declares “the members of the Council of State are notably...
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Anniversary Straight Talk: Israel Wasn’t “Created” 70 Years Ago
On the Western calendar, May 14th marks the birthday of modern Israel but no one should make the mistake of saying Israel was “created” on that day in 1948. The use of such words promotes the false idea that the United Nations abruptly and arbitrarily authorized a Jewish nation to make up for the horrors of the Holocaust by sheltering refugees from...
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The New York Times Best-Seller List: My Response to the Times’ Response
In my last column — “The New York Times Best-Seller List: Another Reason Americans Don’t Trust the Media” — I used my recently published book as evidence that The New York Times best-seller list is not a best-seller list. I pointed out that the book, “The Rational Bible: Exodus,” the first volume of my commentary...
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The New York Times Best-Seller List: My Response to the Times’ Response
In my last column — “The New York Times Best-Seller List: Another Reason Americans Don’t Trust the Media” — I used my recently published book as evidence that The New York Times best-seller list is not a best-seller list. I pointed out that the book, “The Rational Bible: Exodus,” the first volume of my commentary...
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