ICSEP President Daniel Doron is interviewed by fellow Jerusalem Post contributor Ruthie Blum. One quip: “The wages of labor are a function of supply and demand, not of the size of the mustache of a union leader.”

A government that interferes in everything is a disorganized government, and disorganization provides great opportunities for corruption. This “norm” for doing business has been copied by the powerful, well-connected concerns that habitually win huge government contracts by underbidding their competitors then get the government to change the terms in their favor, costing taxpayers billions in over-payments.

A giant to some and a dinosaur to others, Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, one of Labor’s “legendary” leaders, died last Friday close to his 100th birthday. An unrepentant Marxist, he exemplified in his person and career the tragedy that befell Zionism after it succumbed to the spell of Marxian socialism.

Mind-bogglingly little attention is being paid to the fierce debate in the legislature over the Bachar Commission banking reform proposals, on which the nation’s democratic fabric and even its very survival depends.

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.