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Ronny P. Sasmita

Nov 24, 2020, 6:59 PM

Joe Biden Victory and John McCain’s Values

Donald Trump's playbook, which is tough, merciless, divisive, and straight to the personal target, is a playbook rejected by the a maverick, John McCain in 2008. Several times on the campaign stage, participants took the stage and interacted directly...

Nov 7, 2020, 5:10 PM

Lessons learned from Rav and Shmuel on crossing the aisle (Daf Yomi Eruvin 90)

“Did I come late merely to quarrel, and meddle in other people’s questions?” Today’s Daf Yomi continues the discussion from the previous day on rooftops and whether they constitute domains in and of themselves. Rav and Shmuel have been wandering through the...

Jan 18, 2020, 9:31 PM

Wild Week in Washington

The last week has been an absolute whirlwind in America. The Democratic Congress has passed their Articles of Impeachment and sent them to the Senate. The Democratic leadership is insisting that new documents and witnesses should be presented at the...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Aug 1, 2019, 10:44 PM

Being judged by the content of our character

I’m a liberal Democrat. That’s not a surprise, of course, to any of my friends. And I strongly suspect it’s no surprise to anyone who’s been reading my column regularly, though I’ve tried, in the main, to stay away from...

Sep 4, 2018, 11:54 PM

John McCain’s Path to Happiness

Americans are unhappier than they have been in more than a decade. Even as the economy improved after the financial crisis, American happiness levels remained stubbornly stagnant. Not only did they not rise, as the economy improved, happiness levels...

Aug 30, 2018, 6:59 PM

Goodbye, John McCain

Of course it is coincidental that John McCain died during Elul, less than a week before Selichot and two weeks before Rosh Hashanah. But the themes that played out through his life, and the way that he acknowledged them in...

Philip Lefkowitz

Aug 30, 2018, 12:40 AM

The Games People Play

The other day I watched as a somber Senator Schumer, on the verge of literally once again affirming the moniker given him by our President, “cryin Chuck,” spoke before the United States Senate memorializing Senator John McCain. In the...

Stephen M. Flatow

Aug 28, 2018, 3:08 PM

A father remembers John McCain

In these days of widespread disrespect for politicians, I thought I would look back to my two personal encounters with John McCain, who died on Saturday from cancer at the age of 81. If you have ever been to Washington,...

Aug 28, 2018, 7:32 AM

John McCain, Long-time U. S. Senator and An American Hero

I didn't always agree with his politics, but, in my opinion, John McCain was a true American hero. Although he made some mistakes in his life (as we all do), I believe that, for the most part, he acted...

Anthony S. Pitch

Aug 27, 2018, 8:30 PM

Farewell Senator John McCain

Sen. John McCain represented the best of America, the finest of his breed, and the noblest of humanity. His fortitude was undeniable. After being shot down on a wartime mission over North Vietnam the Navy pilot suffered brutally at the...

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