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A hypothetical question for Israel supporters. Suppose Israel was asked to craft the contours of a peace deal in Gaza. And suppose they were...

The  JTA has an article about the backlash AOC is experiencing for voting against  an amendment that would defund Israel's "Iron Do...

The Wall Street Journal has an article about the faltering art market . Of course, they're talking about the ultra-high end -- "sal...

I saw yesterday the sad news that Harvard Law Professor Dick Fallon had passed away from cancer at age 73 . Apparently the cancer diagnosis ...

Jill and I made new friends recently. This was a big deal because, if I'm being honest, I had kind of given up on making new friends. Th...

Even after his upset primary win a few weeks ago, there have been some Democrats who have been trying to rally an "independent" ca...

As you may have heard, Elon Musk's AI chatbot  Grok went full-blast Nazi today , culminating in it calling itself "MechaHitler...

I have to say, I'm not convinced this is wrong : Research papers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries -- including Japan, So...

When Karen Diamond, one of the victims of the attack on Jews marching on behalf of the hostages still held by Hamas, died of her wounds, Zoh...

Observers are rightfully hammering Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski for admitting she didn't like Trump's catastrophic budget bill righ...

A few evenings ago, Jill was awakened in the middle of the night because someone spit up all over the bedsheets in their sleep. That someone...

A disproportionate chunk of oxygen surrounding Zohran Mamdani's decisive victory in the NYC mayoral Democratic primary  has been taken u...

Now that I've lived in Portland for a few years, it is time to buckle down and complete my local politics journey from angry ignorant vo...

The Democratic primary for the NYC mayoral race is today. The front-runner has been former Governor Andrew Cuomo, but he's facing a stif...

One of the macabre realities of developing self-driving cars is that someone, somewhere, has to program them to kill people . I don't me...

The widely-reported loud resignation of an ADL regional board member , specifically criticizing Jonathan Greenblatt's disastrous leaders...

Today is a pretty big day. For starters, it's my blog's birthday ! It is a whopping 25 years old today, with over 7,400 posts. That...

Earlier today, in response to the violent detention of California Senator Alex Padilla for the sin of asking an intemperate question of DHS ...

If you're wondering why I've been silent around these parts over the past week, it's for a generally happy reason: I was in Engl...