For decades the United Nations has been deeply involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and through its many studies, reports, and resolutions, it has impacted people’s view of that issue. Read on: The UN’s Unscrupulous Attacks on Israel
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Late last year, Donald Trump made history by announcing that the United States would formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Read on: Palestine and Our President, Tips for Trump
Weird family dynamics. Messed-up relationships. Difficult people. A culture that makes no sense. The particulars are always unique, but the question is universal. I was neither the first, nor the last, to ask some variation of it: How do I navigate a rational path in my life? Read on: Rand on How to Understand the … Continue reading Rand on How to Understand the World and Live in It | New Ideal
Any rational attempt to deal with an external threat must begin with a clear conception of the enemy’s nature and goals. That's required for defining an effective plan for ending the menace. What, then, is the cause of the jihadist threat? Who is the enemy? We should be able to answer these vital questions. Read … Continue reading Jihadists: Understanding the Nature of the Enemy | New Ideal
In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, there’s an unforgettable Thanksgiving scene at the mansion of Hank Rearden, a self-made millionaire industrialist whose achievements include the invention — after ten years of toil — of a revolutionary new metal, stronger, cheaper and more durable than steel. In addition to Rearden, seated at the table for Thanksgiving dinner are his mother, his … Continue reading On this Holiday, Give Thanks to the Producers
This article hooks into a seemingly minor news item about a unity deal between Palestinian factions to illustrate a hugely important story: how the moral bankruptcy of American Mideast policy has normalized the Palestinian movement — an authoritarian movement deeply hostile to individual rights — and has now empowered jihadists seeking to destroy Israel. Read the … Continue reading Let’s stop normalizing the Palestinian movement
[TheHill.com] On Donald Trump's first foreign trip, he is visiting one of our putative allies in the Middle East: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For the president, who has been called the great "disruptor" of American politics, the trip is an opening to begin undoing the deplorable U.S.-Saudi relationship. For years, the U.S. has embraced … Continue reading Why Trump should disrupt the scandalous US-Saudi relationship
I applaud Will Wilkinson’s essay at Vox.com criticizing the Trump administration’s view of the jihadist threat, but I can offer only one cheer, not three. Wilkinson tries to put the threat in perspective, and although he makes some important points, he exhibits a mile-wide blind spot. Thus, in his own way, Wilkinson fails to understand … Continue reading What Vox’s Will Wilkinson Gets Right — and Horribly Wrong — about Trump and the Islamist Menace
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