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Oct 25, 2025, 8:14 PM

Uncle Sam Wants You!

My great-Uncle Izzy, who was born in Berditchev and whose English trailed his Yiddish by at least an ocean, once sent a postcard from the Bronx to his nephew, Phil, who was serving in combat somewhere in Europe, having...

Oct 22, 2025, 7:17 AM

Trump’s Hail Mary (Update)

According to bookies who handle the action on things like this, betting was fierce this year on the Nobel Prize for Peace. The odds on Donald Trump fluctuated back and forth as, on the one hand, his military bombed...

Oct 16, 2025, 7:11 AM

Murder, Inc. on the Gaza Riviera

On this, the second day since Trump’s “greatest ever” peace deal took hold in Gaza, all hell has broken loose. According to the NY Times, Hamas, in an effort to re-establish its control, publicly executed dozens of its enemies,...

Oct 14, 2025, 5:59 PM

Borscht Belt Proclamation of Brooklyn Bridge Peace Deal

As I watched all those beautiful people dancing in Hostage Square, wearing tee shirts with the names and images of loved ones being released from Hamas captivity, this thought came to mind: how lucky is Trump that Bibi bombed...

Jun 13, 2024, 10:43 AM

Life Imitates Art

Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas (The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2024) Wow! Hold the presses! Award WSJ the Pulitzer, and now. Like we never knew this to be the case? Sounds vaguely familiar. Walid: Abu Ahmad, just tell me...

May 7, 2024, 4:59 PM

“The Times received the international reporting prize for its coverage of the war in the Middle East. The newspaper’s foreign staff produced an array of stories that encompassed the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, the...

May 1, 2024, 1:13 AM

Palestinian State on Broadway

Israelis concerned about the establishment of a Palestinian State in their neighborhood will not draw any comfort from the Palestinian State now being established in ours on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As far as neighbors are concerned,...

Mar 23, 2024, 9:05 AM

"House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he planned to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint session of Congress, moving to welcome a leader who has become a flashpoint for partisan disagreement in American...

Mar 20, 2024, 7:01 AM

Sea Corridor Update

“World Central Kitchen offered few details about its distribution plan, even as it was loading a second supply ship in Cyprus. The Israeli military said in a statement that it had deployed naval and ground forces to secure the...

Mar 15, 2024, 12:58 PM

Memo to the editors of the New York Times re: “The 10-Year-Old Boy Who Has Become the Face of Starvation in Gaza”. First, require asterisk (*) after lede, “Children are dying of starvation in Gaza” and explain that there are...

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Bennett M. Epstein has B.A. and JD degrees and has practiced law as a prosecutor and defense attorney since 1969. He has also been an adjunct professor of criminal law.