I want to talk about three Jewish leaders. The first two are Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The third ...
Everyone who watched this year’s Academy Awards on March 10 will remember that one moment of controversy when British movie producer Jonathan Glazer tried to equate Israelis with Nazis ...
Mitch McConnell said “it should come as no surprise …” The lame-duck U.S. Senate Republican leader was talking about his endorsing Donald Trump last Wednesday immediately following Trump’s Super Tuesday rout of Nikki Haley, which all but locked up ...
Since I am close to President Joe Biden’s age and earthly experience, I am comfortable talking about the way things were. This has led me to the conclusion that the disconnect that some Americans are legitimately indulging in this election season may be the result of what they don’t know or don’t remember.
When I was growing up and had to learn all about the United States and our Founding Fathers — men braver than most today, smarter than almost everyone today and blessed with the ability to see far into the future in ways few today can or even want to contemplate — the story of Nathan Hale animated us.
If Nevadans want the saner choice of Nikki Haley, they can cast a ballot for her in the primary on Feb. 6. But even if she wins, she can’t get Nevada’s delegates ...
It’s a new year. How about some old thoughts? As in millions of years old! There are tectonic plates that have shaped our planet since the beginning of time. If ever there were a description of being between a rock and a hard place ...
My peers and I agreed that academics and mental health shared an intimate connection. As one student in my peer group put it, “It’s nearly impossible to focus on school when you’re struggling to survive.” While the expression “struggling to survive” might be an overstatement for some students, survival is a legitimate concern for others. This is especially true for students who are expected to navigate and fulfill adult responsibilities with limited social or familial guidance or support.
Teens like me are too often conditioned to conform to what adults say, even as we suppress our disagreement or discomfort. The pressure to remain silent only increases for people from historically marginalized backgrounds or those who lack the power and influence to meaningfully or immediately change their circumstances.
Why are Americans so stupid? Relax, it’s just a question not an accusation. Not yet, anyway. I will leave that part up to you. Stupid — and only in this context — can be interchangeable with words like unknowledgeable, undereducated, willfully ignorant ... and millennial. ...
Since this is still a family newspaper, I will try to be respectful of what should be family values. And even though almost everybody — even those who claim never to use such words but every once in a while just can’t help themselves — has heard or said it before, I write today about the F-word.
My name is Jerry Engel and I am a proud 93-year-old Jew who has lived in Las Vegas for 70 years (since 1953). Despite my age and Jewish identity, I am not a Holocaust survivor, and I am grateful that I have never experienced ...
As Thanksgiving approaches, it is reasonable to think about the trials and tribulations that the Pilgrims encountered when they landed at what would become the new Plymouth Colony in 1620.