Jewish statesmanship does not exist in Israel. Jews do become prime ministers, as did Benjamin Disraeli and Pierre Mendes France. But no sober person expected Jewish...
There probably are very few people who enjoy the game of golf more than I do. I play four rounds each week (I’m retired) and watch...
The Jerusalem Post, May 31, 2016: “PM says he’s ready to negotiate [with the Palestinian Authority (PA)] based on the Saudi Peace Initiative.” This means that...
On September 1, 2014, I composed an article entitled “Netanyahu, the Disciple of Shimon Peres.” The article quoted key passages in Shimon Peres’ book, Tomorrow is...
June 1, 2016: Netanyahu welcomes the Saudi “Peace Initiative.” No one blinks. Almost fifteen years earlier, the eyes of Americans blinked when they learned on 9/11...
When I think about the slow and inexorable––but, of course, inevitable––political demise of Hillary Clinton, I am reminded of T. S. Eliot’s poem, “The Hollow Men,”...
A 2005 interview with then Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon is the most candid and insightful statement of any public figure I have read...
Jerusalem seems to have no strategic doctrine. She thus repeatedly ignores the teaching of Shakespeare in King Lear: “He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of...
Several of my tea party friends were disturbed to learn that I did not support Ted Cruz for president. While there were many reasons, one in...
There is a popular saying that would relate to our current environment in Congress with a little wordsmithing. It is “One bad apple can spoil the...