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Oct 25, 2022, 4:29 PM

The agonizing dilemma of ‘an eye for an eye’

After 50 years in jail, the man who murdered my neighbors' daughter is due to walk free – and I don't know how to feel about that

Oct 13, 2022, 6:03 AM

When and why did progressivism become so comfortable with antisemitism?

The student editors at the Wellesley College student newspaper are proud Progressives. The all-women's institution, one of the most prestigious in the world that counts among its graduates Hilary Clinton, recruits from all over the United States and around...

Oct 7, 2022, 6:02 AM

The Holiness Within Each of Us

Now that the High Holidays have come and gone, we all can catch our breaths and recover from the drama we put ourselves through every year. For most, the intensity of the ten days peaks during Yom Kippur. The combination...

Sep 30, 2022, 4:24 PM

In 1970, the author Tom Wolfe coined the phrase "radical chic." He wrote an essay in The New Yorker about a house party at composer Leonard Bernstein's apartment in New York City where 60's radicals were in attendance, and...

Sep 28, 2022, 6:20 AM

Dear Representatives Omar and Tlaib: Are Muslim Women People Also?

United States Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and others of the leftist Democratic "Squad" are some of the most vocal critics of Israel. At times their statements border on, if not clearly are, blatantly antisemitic. Omar,...

Sep 4, 2022, 11:52 PM

The hate that never dies

For over 800 years, they lay there, at the bottom of a well, mute witnesses crying out for justice. Nobody cared when they were thrown into the well, haphazardly like so much waste. Five of the 17 bodies lying...

Apr 22, 2022, 1:24 AM

Ukraine and Palestine – The False Equivalence

Kim Iversen is a young American independent journalist who has dared take on the mainstream media. Together with such figures as Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibi, Bari Weiss, Ryan Grim, Robbie Soave, Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, they have produced...

Feb 28, 2022, 8:46 AM

Ukraine – Where Stalingrad Meets the Warsaw Ghetto

Nearly one week into Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, very few of Putin's assumptions are proving true. Far from dropping their weapons and surrendering, Ukrainians are fighting fiercely. Their comic-turned President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proven to be an inspirational...

Feb 23, 2022, 8:02 PM

When Tyranny Came to Canada

A piece of Canada died Monday night. This glorious land, so cold and massive, with people so hardy and freedom-loving, gave away a large part of its democracy that night. On Monday, tyranny came to Canada. Tyranny came to Canada...

Feb 16, 2022, 6:53 PM

The Rise of the Progressive Totalitarian

Unable to put an end to two weeks of anti-vaccine mandate protests by truckers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday invoked the “Emergency Measures Act of 1988.” The first time this ever has been done, Trudeau in effect...

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Daniel B, Markind is an attorney based in Philadelphia specializing in real estate, commercial, energy and aviation law. He is the former Chair of the National Legal Committee of the Jewish National Fund of America as well as being a former member of the National Executive Board and the National Chair of the JNF National Future Leadership. He writes frequently on Middle Eastern and energy issues. Mr. Markind lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife and children.

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