Shmuel Klatzkin
When the Gaza hospital story first appeared, mainstream media outlets reported it in the same way as did the New…
Cheap and clichéd politicking relies on sloppy associations. Can’t explain yourself or you think the voters are idiots? Just call…
As political philosophers of antiquity and of the Middle Ages remind us, the public life of the polis — politics…
Kidnapping is an old and ugly crime. Jewish tradition asserts that the commandment “Thou shalt not steal” is really about…
Judgment doesn’t have such a good rap. Calling someone “judgmental” today has the feel that calling someone a heretic had…
Instant Karma’s gonna get ya! Maybe not so instant, but close enough. Two items popped up towards the end of…
For some time, people have hinted darkly that we are at the brink of civil war. That seems like hyperbole…
Jephthah is described by the biblical Book of Judges as a somewhat disreputable character. Certainly, his birth was disreputable, but…
