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Anshel Pfeffer, a correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, explains that there are three schools of thought among American Jews: 1) “Pavolovian flag-wavers” — “There are large number of Pavlovian flag-wavers, good and innocent Zionists and Jews who see only the trauma inflicted on the people of Sderot, Ashkelon and other parts of the country’s…

My post chiding the Obama administration for not including national service in their economic recovery plan (according to press reports) has stirred up quite a reaction over at Huffington Post. Most people agreed (in fact, I can’t recall getting this positive a reaction on anything I’ve written in years). But some pointed out that my…

.Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report writes that Father Richard Neuhaus, who died this week, was the architect of the conservative Catholic-Evangelical political alliance. Provocatively, Gilgoff argues that Catholics have provided the brains and evangelicals the braun for the alliance. Can’t wait to hear what the evangelical leaders think of that characterization but…

With all the focus on the economy it was easy to miss the monumental news that teen pregnancy rates are back on the rise, according to a new study from the government’s Centers for Disease Control. Teen birth rates rose in 26 states and the overall U.S. rate increased for the first time in 15…

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Given the heated discussion we’ve been having about whether pro-life people (or people in general) should oppose in vitro fertilization, I was intrigued by a note I got from a pro-life doctor/activist in England. Here’s his analysis of the data put out by England’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, a government agency, about what happened…

No mobster-related story has haunted me more than the tale of John Gotti’s neighbor who was murdered after he accidentally ran over Gotti’s 12 year old son. Briefly blinded by the sunlight, John Favara, hit the boy who was riding a minibike. The New York Daily News reports that a witness in a new racketeering…

The Protestant religious left has always had some anti-Israel tendencies. The governing bodies for Presbyterians, Methodists and United Church of Christ had all moved toward divesting from companies doing business in Israel, morally equating the Jewish state with South Africa. Listening to a show on XM’s “Talk Left” this morning, heard author Norman Finkelstein talking…

Liberal writer Max Blumenthal has a provocative piece charging that Rick Warren’s anti-AIDS allies in Africa have actually made matters worse. (Hat tip: Progressive Revival) Specifically, he writes, Uganda had been a great success story as a result of their “ABC” program (Abstain, Be faithful, use Condoms). After they implemented the strategy, AIDS rates dropped…
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