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Oct 11, 2026, 1:11 AM

Why No Numbers for Hamas’ Combatant Deaths

Of all the journalistic abuses committed by the mainstream media’s one-sided, anti-Israel (and, in some cases, antisemitic) news coverage of the Gaza War, no issue has been more divisive and contributed more to hatred of Jews than the indefensible...

Oct 2, 2026, 6:41 PM

Michigan Rep is Profile in Courage with Support for Israel, Jews

Given the ugly state of our politics, it is impossible to find an officeholder who could be described as a “profile in courage.” Finding a politician with principles would be like discovering a healthy person in a colony of lepers. But...

Sep 24, 2026, 11:46 PM

‘Hamas and Its Two Million Hostages’

This column contains some of the most astounding, jaw-dropping political view points on the Israel-Hamas War I have read since the beginning of the conflict. The opinions are not so much startling because of what is said, but they are...

Sep 22, 2026, 6:05 PM

600 Michigan Jewish ‘Leaders’ Back anti-Israel Senate Candidate

Some 600 Democratic Jewish “leaders,” who consider themselves “pro-Israel,” have distributed a letter in which they endorse the Michigan Democratic candidate for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed. That begs the question(s): How much more “pro-Israel” can you get when you support a...

Sep 10, 2026, 10:13 PM

Michigan AG Says Jews Must Forego Self-Interest

After about seven decades at the typewriter/keyboard scribbling about politics, you think you have heard it all. As they say, nothin’ new under the sun. Until now… The Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel made some remarks recently that I am...

Jun 4, 2026, 11:48 PM

The Clock is Ticking, But Not Well, at 60 Minutes

We’ll begin this column with a hypothetical. You are working for an organization/company where the morale is as low as possible. You and your colleagues don’t agree with any of the policies adopted by management. One day, management announces the appointment...

May 26, 2026, 12:28 AM

The New York Times Defending the Indefensible

In the upper lefthand corner of The New York Times’ front page is the historic, famous and revered motto, “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” that was created by the paper’s publisher, Adolph S. Ochs in 1896. The objective: ...

May 13, 2026, 8:52 PM

Defamation Against Israel by The New York Times –- Again

It is time –- again –-for The New York Times to take out its mea culpa pad. Shortly after the war broke out between Israel and Hamas following Hamas’ October 7 massacre, The Times ran a story, implying that Israel...

May 3, 2026, 9:21 PM

Trump and Political Violence

Let’s be kind and call it a case of convenient political amnesia. I’m referring to the Republican reaction to the shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner April 25. Wasting no time, one by one, they blamed Democrats for “dangerous and...

Apr 28, 2026, 5:28 PM

More and More US Senators Vote to Ban Arms for Israel

Michigan’s US Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, voted to support two resolutions opposing sales of military equipment to Israel. One of the resolutions would ban the sale –- $295 million –- of 1,000-pound bombs, and the other involved the sale...

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About Me

Former political reporter, Detroit News; have been writing political commentary for decades; taught journalism as an adjunct at Detroit's Wayne State University for 45 years; author of 12 books (two fiction).