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Danger in ignorance
Originally published 9 Jun 2005 in
The Jerusalem Post
The American people, thank God, are not likely to be bamboozled by their intellectuals, and thank God again, Israel is defended by good fundamentalist Christians. Still, one must not underestimate the potential danger that an erosion in Israel’s moral position poses for Israel and for the American Jewish community. This danger must be met by mounting a massive educational effort.
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Is poverty here to stay?
Originally published 5 May 2005 in
The Jerusalem Post
A pack of media mavens, notably Ruth Sinai of Haaretz, savaged Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, claiming his adoption of the Irish model would result – and indeed has already resulted, they claim – in increased, rather than diminished, poverty. Definitely so, if you subscribe to the statistical nonsense that misrepresents the number of the poor by making it dependent on relative rather than real values.
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Here comes the counter-revolution
Originally published 17 Apr 2005 in
The Jerusalem Post
A group of neo-Marxists, anti-globalists and plain old-time socialists are seeking to found a new college “to create a cadre of people … able to engage in well-informed debate and critically challenge the prevailing neo-liberal and neo-conservative social and political trends” – that is, to militate against economic reform.
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In critical condition
Originally published 5 Feb 2005 in
The Jerusalem Post
Most people resist changing their habits. And that includes harassed and exhausted Israelis. This change avoidance might explain the success of vested interests in preserving the status quo in our ailing health system.
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Death of a salesman
Originally published 4 Feb 2005 in
The Jerusalem Post
Arthur Miller’s death was the occasion for almost universal praise. Critics and writers ignored Miller’s common intellectual malaise of hating his own country because it failed to practice an abstract ideal of perfect justice, while condoning and even supporting extremely repressive regimes because they mouthed the right slogans about human rights, self-determination, equality etc.
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