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The thousands of members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty – a group that I co-founded – has advocated vociferously against Israel’s proposed death penalty bill for terrorists since National Security Minister Itamar…

There is a taboo today that works more reliably than most laws, committees, or constitutional safeguards. It is not about corruption. It is not even primarily about violence. It is about something more basic: the cognitive, mental, and…

I practiced law in Rhode Island and Massachusetts at the time of the Boston Marathon bombing, and argued cases before the First Circuit. When I read opinions from my former jurisdiction, I pay close attention not only to legal outcomes but…

How the UK managed to annoy absolutely everyone in a single news cycle!

It takes a certain genius to alienate your closest ally, embolden your greatest strategic rival, and look weak in the eyes of the entire world—all before lunch on a…

On a Future That Can Be Lost — and a Future That Can Still Be Saved

Sometimes a person lives a long life.

They have children.

They have work.

They are constantly moving forward.

And yet — there is no future.

This thought came to me while…

Earlier this week in Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered what many rightly described as a serious and bracing speech. He spoke of a world in rupture, of the end of comforting fictions, and of the need for middle powers like Canada to…

The Harlem Globetrotters celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2026.  Their centennial tour includes upcoming games in Vancouver, London, Kitchener, Barrie, Oshawa, Ottawa, Kingston, Hamilton and St. Catherines.

This program is from their…

And to erase their own reprehensible government records

Not everyone who believes the fake news that Israel commits genocide in the Gaza Strip is an Antisemite. Most are just naïve bystanders.

But there are no honest hardcore Antisemites….

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles….