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Apr 11, 2026, 5:31 PM

Orban’s Hungary Votes Under Moscow and Ankara’s Shadow, Tomorrow May End Him

Hungary votes tomorrow, but the outcome may already be set. Orban did not just reshape politics, he built a system that answers outward. Moscow provides leverage. Ankara gains entry. The method tested in Washington now operates where resistance is...

Mar 15, 2026, 6:08 AM

The Bullet We Dodged: How a Harris Win Would Have Handed China the World

In the hidden theater of global power, China positioned itself to dominate without serious contest, outpacing every rival on the board. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz functioned as unwitting pieces in Beijing's long strategy, their policies clearing lanes for...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Nov 6, 2025, 10:09 PM

A World for Our Children

Both my parents, Simon and Gertrude Gross Kaplan, were immigrants who, as children, came to the United States in the early part of the last century — my father was 10, my mother 13. Not speaking a word of...

Orly Benaroch Light

Oct 21, 2025, 12:31 AM

Kamala Harris’s 107 Days: The Silence of Power

The author at the San Diego headquarters of Kamala Harris’s 2020 campaign.

Reflections from a Former Training Captain on the 2020 Harris Presidential Campaign in San Diego I volunteered as a training captain for Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign in San Diego. At a fundraiser hosted by a local women’s rights advocate,...

Aug 15, 2025, 7:48 PM

What If I Told You…A Political Essay on Complexity and Simplicity

What if I told you there were only two major political parties in America? Yeah, you already knew that. But what if I told you one of them should be called "It's Way Too Complicated" (IWTC) and the other "It’s Simplimente"—meaning...

Mar 15, 2025, 11:36 PM

Can My Trump-Ruined Friendship Be Saved?

I wrote this for the Los Angeles Times during President Trump’s first term in office. Sadly, its message still holds. You know a friendship is in trouble when you consult a social psychologist to help figure it out. Two days after...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Jan 17, 2025, 12:07 AM

The Diary We Carry with Us – Part II

I recently learned that Marilu Henner, whom I loved in “Taxi,” has highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM). It’s a rare condition, identified in only about 100 people in the world, which allows them to recall events and days with...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Oct 22, 2024, 10:20 AM

A Response and a Reply

My previous column, “The Privilege of Responsibility,” was, in part, a reaction to an article, “A Mitzvah Like Maror,” by Rabbis Michael J. Broyde and Gidon G. Rothstein. This article by two “smart, knowledgeable people whom I respect,” as...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Oct 15, 2024, 12:28 AM

What NATO must do if Putin retakes the White House?

It will commit a coup to protect US democracy and NATO When a system set up hundreds of years ago (the US Constitution) fails and permits an anarchistic takeover, you go to manual override mode. When the immune system starts attacking...

Joshua Hammerman

Oct 7, 2024, 9:00 PM

Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Brief – Six Takeaways from Jewish Sources

Here are some passages from Jack Smith's January 6 brief, as seen through the prism of Jewish sources. Let me be clear that I am not endorsing any candidate. I am simply building a response to Donald Trump's oft-repeated accusations...

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