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Cindy Sheehan and Israel

Cindy Sheehan and Israel

It started right after 9/11, and it continues now. Cindy Sheehan, the Gold Star mother and anti-war protestor who camped in front of the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas, is… Read more »

Israel's security and Bibi's calculations

Israel's security and Bibi's calculations

It's difficult to forget the frantic activity in the waning days of Binyamin Netanyahu's term as Prime Minister when his emissaries were crawling to Damascus to give away the Golan… Read more »

They’re preparing for another war: Is Israel?

They’re preparing for another war: Is Israel?

They’re preparing for another war: Is Israel? Everything that the Arab leadership does is calculated to move Israel to a militarily weaker positionóa position that brings her closer to extinction…. Read more »

Unstable Egypt

Unstable Egypt

The news of the terrorist bombing in Sharm El Sheikh reminds us how unstable Egypt really is. Egypt is as it has been before, a one-shot regime, where a single… Read more »

What's up with the Democratic Party?

What's up with the Democratic Party?

Item: Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s second highest-ranking Democrat, declared that U.S. conduct in our Guantanamo detention facility was of a piece with the concentration camps of the… Read more »

Nixon, 'Deep Throat', AIPAC, CBS and The Washington Post

Nixon, 'Deep Throat', AIPAC, CBS and The Washington Post

June 10, 2005 – A monumental story is required to earn a coveted place in the history of journalism. No wonder then, last week’s journalistic celebration. The great glee and… Read more »

Base closings out of order…

Base closings out of order…

Forget about the 25,000 or so jobs that would be lost if the Groton Sub Base closes. Don't think about our inability to duplicate a facility like Groton if and… Read more »

Divisiveness over Gaza

Divisiveness over Gaza

May 27, 2005 – We have frequently discussed Israel’s disengagement from Gaza in these pages, and we continue to rely both on Prime Minister Sharon’s strategic vision and our feeling… Read more »

Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah

May 20, 2005 – The ceremonies commemorating Yom HaShoah held at the State Capital in Hartford every year are somber and touching. They take place in the majestic State Senate… Read more »

National security, the media and innuendo

National security, the media and innuendo

May 13, 2005 – A few weeks ago, we editorialized about the lack of development of a story that got considerable play in the media last August. It involved a… Read more »

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