Donald H. Harrison

The Jewish Citizen: Some Jewish statistics from Congress

SAN DIEGO– Over the Labor Day 2013 break, here are some statistics to ponder. There are 11 Jews in the 100-member U.S. Senate. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) at age 80, is the oldest member of the Senate Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), half her age at 40, is the second-youngest U.S. Senator.  (The very youngest senator is Chris

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Obama’s Syria speech weakens U.S. and its presidency

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Putting the President’s speech alongside the political science classic by Richard Neustadt, Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership is the best demonstration yet that Barack Obama has demonstrated the power of the Peter Principle. He should never have moved beyond the Illinois state legislature, and certainly not beyond one term

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East