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It Had To End
Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love.
Do President Donald Trump and his team deserve credit for taking a major step?
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said it best. He told reporters ...Read more
Paying 'Victims' to Sue
There is a special place in hell for phony victims who take money from settlements meant for the legitimate victims of sexual abuse. Ahead of them, however, come the lawyers who make such scams work and pocket as much as half the settlements themselves.
If an investigation conducted by the Los Angeles Times holds up, hell will have to make room...Read more
Trump's Latest Invitation to Universities
It's called the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." It is anything but. It asks the schools who received Wednesday's letter to give up their academic freedom and adopt the right-wing partisan platform on education in exchange for preferred access to federal funding. Of course, the document points out (as it must) that "...Read more




















