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Santorum knows his stuff on Israel
November 26, 2011
Nice overview in this week’s Algemeiner Journal about the various Republican presidential candidates’ histories and stances on Israel.
As usual, Dovid Efune’s take is balanced and sharp. I agree with his assessments...
Happy Thanksgiving
November 24, 2011
Today and every day I am so grateful to be an American. Happy Thanksgiving.
...UC Davis police pepper spray incident an embarrassment and sad day for freedom of assembly in America
November 22, 2011
Last Friday was a sad day for freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in America.
The pepper-spraying of a group of nonviolent student demonstrators at UC Davis on Friday appears to have been an example of excessive and unimaginative police...
Most do nothing – but judge
November 18, 2011
This intelligent column in the New York Times by David Brooks on the Sandusky/ Paterno controversy makes the point that people love to judge others, but few stand up to evil.
To that I would add, people also love to demonize those...
Herman Cain can’t prove a negative
November 8, 2011
We know for certain only a couple things regarding the Herman Cain controversy: the National Restaurant Association reached agreements during the 1990’s to give payouts to at least two women who were accusing Cain of sexual harassment,...
Joan Rivers comes to the Pantages, disses, then dishes with this reporter
November 7, 2011
“Where are we?” Joan Rivers rasped from offstage last Friday. “The Pantages Theater in Tacoma? It’s come to this?”
So the icon kicked off a performance so politically incorrect it would make the diversity-minded...
King Tut resurrected: A comic legend comes west
November 2, 2011
In advance of her November 4 performance at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, the indefatigable Joan Rivers made time to speak with JTNews about her two TV shows, memories of her Jewish grandmothers, and how to stay forever young at...
Come west, funny woman: Joan Rivers talks tattoos, military men and staying sexy in her 70s
November 2, 2011
Since her days on The Tonight Show in the 1970s, Joan Rivers has been a comedic icon. Now 78, Rivers, as captured in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (last year’s film documentary about her life) seems to fear just one thing: a blank...
Let accusors come forward; otherwise, forget it
October 31, 2011
A few brief thoughts about accusations against Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain.
When they face no public scrutiny and there is no potential downside for them, plenty of people make false accusations. Learning this fact was, for...
Cain can!
October 11, 2011
A force to be reckoned with, Herman Cain, who has been surging in the polls, is a self-made man. From what I’ve read, he shone once again in Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate.
Cain, who has frequently been attacked...