Beinart blathers on
We expect a public intellectual to take sides, frame arguments, articulate thoughtful analyses and help shape our thinking. Liberal journalist Peter Beinart is a...
Student debt forgiveness
President Biden’s announcement last month that the Department of Education would cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt (and up to $20,000 for...
Let’s not make a deal
Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz was in Washington last weekend to brief think tank directors on Israel’s objections to the latest draft of a...
Democrats to the center, Republicans to the right
The midterm elections are now a little more than nine weeks away. What was once predicted to be a resounding Republican recapture of the...
The threat of Itamar Ben-Gvir
As Israel heads toward elections in November, it is hard to ignore a new reality: The country’s domestic political agenda has practically disappeared. Very...
The Trump effect
Even as an increasingly thick cloud of investigations swirls around him, Donald Trump continues to exert a remarkably strong influence on the Republican Party....
Meta’s chatbot really, really wanted me to check out its synagogue
Philissa Cramer | JTA
Immediately after launching on Friday, BlenderBot 3 began drawing criticism for embracing antisemitism and election lies. But in my experience, Meta’s...
The Trump wars
Former President Donald Trump is facing a wave of civil and criminal investigations. The American people are not accustomed to such probing, public inquiries...
A missed opportunity
In hindsight, it seems obvious.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a well-known and often vilified opponent of Israel and member of the “Squad,” barely fended off...
Israel continues cultivation of regional interests
Israel’s brief air campaign against Islamic Jihad in Gaza, called Operation “Alot Hashacher” (Breaking Dawn) in Hebrew, ended in a ceasefire brokered by Egypt....
