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Hi-tech prospects and pitfalls
Originally published 10 Jan 2010 in The Jerusalem Post

Individual initiative and freedom are essential for creativity—in hi-tech as in all other spheres.

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Movies in Nablus, dramas in Bethlehem
Originally published 22 Sep 2009 in The Jerusalem Post

Lasting peace must grow from the bottom up, from an “economic peace process” that proves what advantages peace has to offer on a daily basis. It cannot come from signing peace agreements with radical and corrupt entities propped up by corrupting Western handouts.

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Mideast peace can start with economic growth
Originally published 12 Mar 2009 in The Wall Street Journal

Billions of dollars in foreign aid to the Palestinians has resulted in war not peace. There’s a better way.

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Israel still doesn’t get economy
Originally published 29 Apr 2008 in The New York Sun

Israel’s elites—especially the chattering classes in the press and the academy—are hostile to capitalism because our universities’ social sciences and liberal arts departments are dominated by post-modernist and neo-Marxist professors.

Ideas matter. Hostility to capitalism exacts a great price from the Israeli economy and from its hapless workers.

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US charity to Israel reconsidered
Originally published 2 Apr 2008 in inFocus

Jewish institutional efforts must now undergo a period of reform and greater accountability. Some charitable efforts should be privatized. Individuals or groups of donors must take personal responsibility for specific projects, to ensure that funds are dispensed in a responsible and cost effective manner.

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