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Matt Brooks says anti-hate organization ‘put their thumb on the scale’ in criticizing anti-Semitism related to Trump campaign By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil Jonathan A. Greenblatt, the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking at the ADL Annual Meeting in Los Angeles on November 6, 2014. (Courtesy ADL) WASHINGTON — Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matt […]

Jeffrey R. Sprague, Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon Donald Trump has won the presidency, but not before launching one of the most ugly and fractious campaigns in American history. As the 2016 election season now comes to a close, there are signs that it has left scars behind, particularly in the schools of

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met for more than 90 minutes with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, an unexpectedly lengthy encounter that ended with both men offering uncharacteristic praise for each other. Obama, calling their discussion an “excellent conversation,” said he was “encouraged” by Trump’s interest in working with his administration

Congratulations, President-elect Donald Trump: You have won a resounding victory. But before you buy into the upcoming avalanche of media speculation that your victory will change the world, here are a few facts to keep you from becoming a megalomaniac despot. Fact No. 1: You won with the help of FBI director James Comey and

WASHINGTON — As election returns rolled in Tuesday night, the creator of the USC/Los Angeles Times Daybreak tracking poll was in Washington for a speaking engagement. He watched the results on television in a hotel bar, surrounded by about 20 drunken Danes who were in the capital to study the election. “It was an odd

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — On the gloomy and ominous evening of April 4, 1968, in Indianapolis, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy—against the objections of his advisers and security detail—stood on a flatbed truck and improvised a speech to a crowd of mostly African Americans. “Bobby” was running for president (and had only eight weeks