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Hunger Striker Finishes Day 15 to Save South Sudan
May 29, 2015
by Heather Robinson
Simon Deng, escaped slave and human rights activist, is finishing Day 15 of his hunger strike to save South Sudan.
“I’m feeling all right; the body is not here but the spirit is strong,” he told me today.
Deng, 55, has not...
Escaped Slave Calls On President Obama to Speak Out, Halt Violence in South Sudan
May 22, 2015
Sudanese-American human rights activist Simon Deng is entering day seven of his hunger strike to petition President Obama to act in order to “save the lives of untold multitudes of Africans and their country … South Sudan,” according to an...
Why New York Women Wish They Lived in the ‘Mad Men’ Era
May 15, 2015
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
The final episode of AMC’s “Mad Men” this Sunday heralds the end of a TV era. The show’s seven seasons covered the turbulent decade from 1960 until 1970, dramatizing changing styles and social mores in the...
Sudanese-American hero to hunger strike
May 15, 2015
Simon Deng, an escaped slave and human rights activist, has announced the start of a hunger strike to prompt President Obama to show leadership in bringing an end to violence in South Sudan.
“Starting on May 15, I will be starving...
Rubio Sparks Adelson
April 25, 2015
Greetings from Las Vegas, where I’ll be covering the Republican Jewish Coalition’s spring meeting, among the largest gatherings of conservative-leaning activists in the U.S.
With an 800+ turnout this year, the RJC leadership...
A Vice Above Rubio’s
April 24, 2015
By now most of the country has forgotten that last week Hillary Clinton, on the campaign trail in Iowa, claimed that her grandparents were all immigrants, when in fact only one of her grandparents was an immigrant. This misrepresentation...
Peace and harmony through strength
March 12, 2015
by Heather Robinson
A few thoughts in the aftermath of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech earlier this month. Reasonable and emotionally moving, the speech proposed a plan for dealing with Iran that plays to America’s and...
Netanyahu at AIPAC: I respect President Obama and the office he holds
March 3, 2015
by Heather Robinson
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an extremely diplomatic and strong, albeit brief, speech today at the AIPAC Policy Conference in which he said of the speech he will give tomorrow, “My speech [to Congress] is not...
Mr. Netanyahu comes to Washington
March 1, 2015
by Heather Robinson
Prior to his March 3 address to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be speaking on Monday morning to delegates at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference. I’m here in DC to cover the...
It’s not the bondage, boys: Real ’50 Shades’ date tips
February 22, 2015
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
It’s not about the bondage, it’s about the seduction.
No question, women are flocking to “50 Shades of Grey.” I saw it on the eve of Valentine’s Day in a Murray Hill movie theater packed with enough single women...