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The dangers of progressive antisemitism
Like most American Jews I know, I spent Oct. 7 scrolling through social media, listlessly pushing my toddler on a playground swing as I swiped between images…
January 30, 2024
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Schiff’s California Senate chances rise with GOP rival Garvey’s, for now
LOS ANGELES — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a California Republican Senate rival, Steve Garvey, about where he wants him, hovering around second place. The Golden State’s…
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Biden’s shopworn Mideast policies erode US authority
Hamas’s rejection of a two-month ceasefire in Gaza is doing nothing to silence the rote “ceasefire-now” crowd. Bravo to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who, when confronted by…
Columnists
Diversity training does more harm than good
Carl Borg-Neal was fired after 30 years by Lloyds Bank in the United Kingdom because he committed what his employers saw as an unpardonable offense. Had he…
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Norman Jewison, 1926-2024
As a measure of the significance of the career of filmmaker Norman Jewison, let us consider the following: After his death this month at age 97, is…
Columnists
Mr. Musk goes to Auschwitz
In May, Elon Musk mused on his website X that the Marvel villain Magneto, who has a backstory as a child survivor of the Holocaust, reminded him…
Beltway Confidential
This Barbie isn’t an Oscar winner. But Ken might be
Apparently, it’s not a Barbie world. You know a moment in pop culture has run its course when Hillary Clinton decides to tweet about it — and give…
Defense
Can the US and UK bomb the Houthis into submission?
The last thing President Joe Biden needs right now is a full-on shooting war with the Houthi rebels in control of a third of Yemen. But with…
Magazine
The fork in the road to the GOP nomination
The Republican presidential race is at a crossroads. The month between New Hampshire and the next competitive primary in South Carolina will determine whether it is a…
Beltway Confidential
The students who never came back
Much has been said about the children who have struggled academically and socially as a result of being locked out of their schools during the pandemic. But…