Or is it okay if I call you Ben and Jerry? So, anyhow, I read your op-ed in The New York Times, headlined, "We're Ben and Jerry. Men of Ice Cream, Men of Principle," and I thought you might like - or at least tolerate - a little feedback. Published August 3, 2021
The plot was audacious: Agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran would kidnap an American citizen on American soil. Published July 27, 2021
Cubans have been out in the streets, protesting decades of oppression and poverty. They've been beaten and arrested for - as The New York Times phrased it - "Shouting 'Freedom' and other anti-government slogans." Published July 20, 2021
Antisemitism is back with a vengeance. According to the ADL, acts of assault, vandalism, and harassment against Jews are at the highest level "since ADL's tracking began in 1979." Published July 13, 2021
After the 20th century's first great war, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, and other major powers founded the League of Nations. Its primary mission: to keep the peace. It failed, of course. Published July 6, 2021
Why should young people, of whatever color, serve in the armed forces and risk their lives to defend the failed experiment that critical race theory alleges America is and always has been? Published June 29, 2021
Time and again, we fail to understand Russia and its rulers. Back in 1939, Churchill acknowledged that, famously describing Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Published June 22, 2021
The story begins on a cold night in January 2018 when Israeli agents stealthily broke into a warehouse in southern Tehran where Iran's rulers had stored an archive of their nuclear weapons program. Published June 15, 2021
After Sept. 11, 2001, most Americans thought justice and prudence demanded sending troops to Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and extirpate its ally, al Qaeda, the organization that had carried out the most horrific terrorist attacks ever on U.S. soil. Published June 8, 2021
For the moment, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have stopped shooting rockets at Israelis and, in response, Israelis have stopped targeting weapons arsenals in Gaza. Published June 1, 2021
In the 1930s, the Nazis declared: "The Jews do not deserve to live!" They acted on this conviction, and by the mid-1940s six million Jews had been murdered. Published May 25, 2021
Iran's rulers fund, arm and instruct Hamas, which rules Gaza, and has fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israeli cities and villages over recent days. Published May 18, 2021
Paris is known as the City of Light, and Beirut used to be known as the Paris of the Middle East. So, there is irony as well as tragedy in the likelihood that Beirut will soon be plunged into darkness. Published May 11, 2021
Anti-Semitism may be the world's oldest hatred but it's still a long way from death's door. Published May 4, 2021
We worry about the Middle East. We pivot toward Asia. As for Latin America, we at least pay attention to Venezuela, Cuba and the countries from which emigrants are streaming north. Published April 27, 2021
If the Taliban were not teetotalers, they'd be shopping for champagne about now in response to President Biden's decision to unconditionally withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. Published April 20, 2021
President Obama gave without getting, and then postured as though he'd achieved spectacular victories. President Biden is now doing likewise. Published April 13, 2021
In this already stormy century, freedom has many powerful enemies, and few powerful defenders. Published April 6, 2021
China's Communist rulers are making clear that they intend to wrest the torch of global leadership from America's hands. Published March 30, 2021
"Ayman" was a skilled Syrian scientist producing chemical weapons at Institute 3000, a facility within the deceptively named Scientific Studies and Research Center near Damascus. Published March 23, 2021
