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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
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? 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
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?
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
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…
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
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
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
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












