Israel, Listen to Rabbi Berger

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Uncategorized

“Judaism is to do justice and to have mercy and to walk humbly with God; and all the rest is commentary and of secondary importance.” So wrote Rabbi Elmer Berger, a leading Jewish thinker of the 50’s and 60’s, who opposed what he called Israeli-style “Jewish...

Is Trump 2.0 Morphing Into Biden 2.0?

by | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

After a very promising start, at least with regard to Russia, President Trump appears to be heading down the Biden road to more confrontation and WWIII brinksmanship. On Israel he has shown himself to be anything but the peacemaker he promised to be, forcefully...

Can the President Impose Taxes?

by | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit — which sits right below the Supreme Court — is hearing a case of profound constitutional importance. It is the government’s appeal of a ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, which found...

Freedom in a Post-Covid World

by | Jul 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Covid era cut through traditional ideological paradigms like knives on tissue. Nothing behaved as we might have expected. The civil libertarians were nowhere in sight. The courts did not work. Big business and media fully cooperated. The major religions caved. The...