The Jewish State in a Morally Sick World
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 16th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
The Jewish State in a Morally Sick World
Dennis Prager, RealClearPolitics
Let’s drop the names “Hamas” and “Israel” and make a list of the characteristics of two imaginary warring entities. We’ll call them Entity A and Entity B. Entity A: –Declares that its raison d’etre is to annihilate Entity B. –Sends missiles to explode in the most populated parts of Entity B in order to kill as many civilians as possible. –Uses families and individual civilians as human shields to protect its own leaders from attack. –Tortures and kills domestic political opponents. –Has no political or religious freedom and has no freedom of speech, press, or assembly, and no independent…
A Part-Timer Boom — or Blip?
Robert Samuelson, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — There may be a dark lining to the sunny June employment report, which recorded an increase of 288,000 payroll jobs for the month. Most — or all — of the increase may have been part-time jobs. If that’s a trend, it could signal a weaker economy. It could also vindicate critics of the Affordable Care Act (the ACA or Obamacare). They have argued that the added costs of providing health insurance for full-time workers would cause many firms to emphasize part-time employment. Is it a trend? Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Mortimer Zuckerman — real estate developer and…
Faith at Center Stage in Arkansas Senate Race
Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
The Bible has made its way to the center of one the most highly contested and consequential U.S. Senate races this cycle. The Good Book, in fact, was the focus of one of Mark Pryor’s re-election campaign ads last December. “My compass, my North Star,” the Arkansas Democrat called it. And the Scriptures made a return to the airwaves last week in another Pryor ad — this time in response to comments his opponent, Republican Rep. Tom Cotton, made about his faith. “The Bible teaches us no one has all the answers, only God does,” the two-term senator says in the…
