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Why Jews should reject Trump

Dear Fellow Jewish American, I beg you to consider the consequences of a Trump victory. In the aftermath of Oct. 7, we’ve seen an ugly new chapter in left-wing antisemitism. Left-wing activists on campuses and elsewhere adorned their posters with images of hang gliders, delighting, one ...

Iranian inanity comes home to roost

In June 2006, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was asked in Boston what the Democrats’ plan was for dealing with Iran, designated even then by our State Department as the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism and well on its way to acquiring nuclear weapons. “I don’t know,” Durbin ...

In a place that feels like family

When you sit down at Ben’s Chili Bowl, cofounder Virginia R. Ali is apt to greet you and tell you she is glad you’re here. If you’re lucky, she’ll tell stories of her life that intersect with every chapter of the city since 1958, the year she and her late husband opened the ...

More women than men moving left

It’s not news that young people are further on the left of the political spectrum than older generations. Of unique interest now is that the movement to the left is more disproportionate among young women than young men. As a nation we should know this is happening and try to understand ...

Voters don’t want Harris, Trump policies

Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday’s front page, has any proposals to cut the rapidly increasing national debt. Harris, with an eye on polls showing young voters not as pro-Democratic as in the past, has ...

‘Hate’ is Trump’s signature word

The FBI is investigating the source of suspicious packages sent to election offices in more than 20 states. Some election offices have been evacuated; staff are frightened. Suspicious packages, bomb threats, death threats, harassment, assassination attempts, and violence are consequences of ...