Jon-Erik G. Storm

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Oct 8, 2024, 12:04 AM

I’ve Got Nothing.

For the better part of the last year, I promised myself I would organize and write something interesting for this day, the one year anniversary of 10/7. Now that the day has arrived, I've got nothing. It's not that...

Nov 4, 2022, 7:54 PM

The Israel we knew is still here, Tom

There are two articles at the top of the New York Times website today. One is an article about antisemitism and another is a hyperventilated op-ed from Thomas Friedman claiming that "the Israel we knew is gone." Friedman is among...

May 9, 2022, 11:31 PM

Matthew Hale And Witch Hunts

A definition of a witch hunt is "a search for evidence of witchcraft." Ironically, one of the best examples right now was given by a Twitter thread stoking Internet rage about the citation of a certain British jurist, Matthew...

Dec 5, 2019, 10:03 PM

Valerie Plame, The Illiberal Left, And The Jews

If you ask a decently informed American who Valerie Plame is, the answer you will get is probably that she was the CIA spy that was “outed” by the Bush Administration in retaliation for her husband penning an op-ed...

Nov 6, 2019, 2:52 AM

We told you, Michael Oren

Michael Oren sounds the alarm in The Atlantic about America's support for a conflict with Iran. This follows Bibi's recent realization that Trump can't be relied upon to deal with Iran. We told you so. We told you it was unwise to...

Feb 6, 2017, 12:20 AM

The Difference Between Islam and Muslims

Back when President Obama was criticized for failing to call ISIS "Islamic," I wrote that it was wrong for non-muslims to speak about what qualified as "Islamic." The basis of my argument was that what qualifies as Islamic is...

Sep 24, 2015, 9:23 PM

The Middle East, Not China, Is Still the Most Important Theater for US Interests

A new round of grim thinking about the future of the relationship between the United States and China is making the rounds. Leading opinion columnists are admonishing parents to provide their children with Mandarin instruction. Despite this eager forward...

Feb 20, 2015, 2:30 AM

Is ISIS Islamic?

"We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam," President Obama said today. that "ISIL is not Islamic." Unlike critics of the President, I am willing to penetrate the unartful phrasing and understand his...

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About Me

Jon-Erik G. Storm is an educator, former JAG (military lawyer), former politician, and former professor of religion and philosophy. Jon-Erik, a dual citizen, was president of the Jewish Federation of San Luis Obispo from 2012-14. He feels at home in the central coast of California, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, and Baqa, Jerusalem.