Category Archives: International
A Bipartisan “Arc of Justice”: Trump Commutes Rubashkin’s Unjust Sentence
There are several important lessons to be gleaned from President Trump’s act of justice and compassion. First, even in this age of hyper-partisanship, there are issues of simple justice that can unite diverse elements. Second, no one should ever give up on the quest for justice, even when all legal appeals have been exhausted.
Threats of 2017 – Mideast, Terror, Weapons – Will Linger in the New Year
Domestically and internationally, President Trump finished 2017 in dramatic fashion. Obtaining the most sweeping tax cuts in 30-plus years (and repealing ObamaCare’s most philosophically oppressive aspect, the individual mandate) was a landmark achievement. And, by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, then suggesting major changes in U.S. funding of the United Nations, he disrupted foreign-policy conventional wisdom on both the Middle East and “global governance.”
Debating BDS with Cornel West by Alan M. Dershowitz















