Energy Crisis and Crisis of Leadership
Every few years the price of gasoline goes through the roof. When it finally hits the consumer in the pocketbook the results are anger, frustration and the feeling that our representatives, senators and president are not only uncaring but incompetent as well. And these feelings are not only very real but also very accurate. Read More...
Mid – East Photo Op
It seems like déjà vu all over again and only a philosopher with the vision of Yogi Berra has the aptitude to make sense of it all. Since it is off season for Yogi, I guess we’ll give it a try. Why do American Presidents feel that their last shot at building a positive legacy must revolve around getting the Palestinians, whoever is passing themselves off at that time as “the” Palestinians, and the Israelis together to establish the framework for a just and lasting peace? Read More...
Turkey and the House - No way to treat a friend
In what was a remarkably foolish gesture, in our opinion, the United States House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee, under the leadership of Tom Lantos [D-CA] and with the full support of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi [D-CA], passed a non- binding resolution declaring Turkey, then known as the Ottoman Empire, guilty of genocide of the Armenian people in 1915. Read More...
The Danger of Immediate Withdrawal
Most people would acknowledge that the war in Iraq has gone very poorly to date. An invasion meant to eliminate weapons of mass destruction and lend to stabilization of the region has accomplished neither goal, although it has rid the world of a brutal dictator. Iraq is teetering on the edge of civil war, while bombings and death of American forces as well as Iraqis are a regular occurrence. Read More...
Brotherhood
Every year the Jewish Post highlights the issue of multi cultural, multi racial and multi religious relations. Our goal is to focus on positive ways in which Jewish people relate to Christians, Muslims, African Americans and other groups. Read More...
