“Who cares if he cheated,” my friend, an avid golfer and golf enthusiast exclaimed. While watching the Masters on TV, I passionately declared that I did not like Tiger Woods. My friend continued, “Fine. You don’t have to like him as a person but there’s no denying the man is …
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Editor’s note: The following commentary originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post. For more, click here. The White House is contending that Barack Obama’s first visit to Israel as president underlines his administration’s commitment to Israel’s security. Rarely, however, has the style and symbolism of a political maneuver been more distant …
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No chance for an American pope? That may be a bit strong. But it is at the very least highly unlikely that a citizen of the U.S. will be elected pope in the upcoming conclave, or indeed at any time on the horizon. There are several reasons for this. While …
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has announced his decision to lift the ban on women in combat. Do you agree with the decision? This is a non-scientific viewer question.
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Do we have people in the FBI and the United States government looking into all of these kinds of cyber threats in the air? We’ve just heard from our guest that if you can connect to the internet .. a hacker can do the same thing. A member of the …
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Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: Climate change is real, man-made and dangerous. President Obama tweeted that, and it has been repeated by countless others. It is tempting for a politician to claim that 97 percent of experts agree with you. But do they? The 97 percent claim was taken from …
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Why did Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin not tell President Biden that he was going into the hospital? For a career military man, this was an unimaginable breach of protocol. Was he worried that the president and his national security team – the people reportedly responsible for the disastrous withdrawal …
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A truck bomb detonates in a lively street, congested with pedestrians headed to markets and school kids making their way home. The blast is temporarily deafening and the shock knocks people to their knees. Those able to pull themselves up describe a disorienting moment of stillness—a ringing in their ears …
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Syria’s continued and ruthless crackdown on a popular uprising inspired by the Arab Spring continues to attract worldwide attention. The Assad regime’s related government concessions including a cabinet shake-up, sacking of a governor and police chief, and Thursday’s formal lifting of the emergency law in place since 1963 has been …
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Trying to create a presidential persona and a rationale for running, Hillary Clinton relaunched her campaign at a memorial to FDR. She used the glorious setting of Four Freedoms Park to summon Roosevelt’s legacy and frame her theme as “Four Fights.” She also invoked her husband and President Obama, as …
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