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Oct 5, 2026, 4:10 AM

Securing Democracy in the Post‑Labor AI Age: Update

Hybrid governance: A blueprint for democratic reinvention amid automation and inequality. The political moment we are living is not an accident of rhetoric or a sudden conversion of public opinion. It is the visible activation of structural forces that...

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...

Oct 1, 2026, 1:35 PM

The Democrats’ Break With Israel Is in Their Votes

US Senate candidate for michigan Abdul El-Sayed meets voters at Michigan Technological University. October 22, 2025

Democratic leaders continue to call themselves friends of Israel. Their voting record is becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile with that claim. For years, Democratic leaders have described their support for Israel as ironclad, even as disagreements over Israeli policy have...

Sep 29, 2026, 2:44 AM

As a Jew, Where Does That Leave Me?

It has become increasingly apparent that Vice President J.D. Vance is taking on a more prominent role on both the national and international stages, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears to be receding into the background. The obvious...

Sep 28, 2026, 4:05 AM

Which Path Leads the Jewish Community Out of Moral and Physical Danger?

About 2500 years ago, a Jewish communal leader living in the diaspora, the prophet Isaiah, proclaimed an urgent message: “For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace. For Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Sep 26, 2026, 12:28 PM

The Mob Ate the COVID-Conscious Lesbian Bar. Pick-Me Jews, Take Note.

A Massachusetts lesbian bar with a mandatory mask policy went mask-optional one night a week to keep the lights on. Its own community accused it of being complicit in a “mass disabling event.” The Jews who keep trying to...

Deborah K. Bravo

Sep 25, 2026, 11:53 PM

The Truth about Lobbying: AIPAC in Today’s World

AIPAC is small and mighty, but not the monsters they are painted to be. If you follow political debates on social media, you have probably seen claims that AIPAC is “the biggest lobby in Washington” or that it “spends more...

Sep 24, 2026, 11:48 PM

Iran Targets America´s Political Distress Point

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Two facts are difficult to view as entirely unrelated. First, recent online assessments, such as the International IQ Test rankings, place Iran, a country deeply rooted in the history and culture of ancient Persia, among the world’s highest-scoring nations...

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Sep 24, 2026, 7:12 PM

The Boy Who Cried Al-Shabaab: How Mogadishu Replaced the Pandora Warning

Mogadishu’s warning has shifted from “Pandora’s box” to Al-Shabaab. A real threat. An untested veto. Original HOASR Infographics Artwork

Why Washington Needs a Separate Somaliland Policy Washington does not have to choose between abandoning the fight against Al-Shabaab and accepting Mogadishu's permanent veto over Somaliland. It can deepen a direct working relationship with Hargeisa, use Berbera for negotiated maritime...

Sep 24, 2026, 8:45 AM

IsraelaPhobic Betty Boop McCollum at it Again…

I see that Betty McCollum (D-MN) is still suffering from IsraelaPhobia. She caught this Bug years ago when she began obsessively instigating anti-Israel legislation. Rafael Medoff, founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies posts, “In every...

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