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Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage draw Jewish responses

May 10, 2012

-SDJW staff report- SAN DIEGO — The decision by President Barack Obama to throw his support behind same-sex marriages in the United States has prompted comment pro and con from various Jewish groups. The Orthodox Union pronounced itself “disappointed by (Wednesday, May 9)’s statement by President Obama endorsing legal recognition of same sex marriage. Jewish law is […]

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U.S. Constitution’s 9th Amendment may become bulwark against an expanding federal government

May 10, 2012

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — With the enlargement of federal powers and intrusions into individual’s lives, the 9th Amendment to the US Constitution, part of our Bill Of Rights, may well gain more judicial attention. The 9th Amendment should be elevated to central prominence, as it was intended, in applying judgment of all federal

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On tour in New York and Pennsylvania

May 8, 2012

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — Together with Sharlene and David Berman, my wife Lee and I occasionally schedule visits to a different part of the Americas, and look for points of exploration, leisure, entertainment, edification, and encounters with distant friends. This was the case two weeks ago, when we flew to New York City,

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As JFK put it, U.S. has ‘God’s work’ to do

May 7, 2012

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, delivered on an icy-cold, blue-skied January morning in 1961, is best-remembered for its iconic declaration: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Yet the final phrase uttered by the young leader

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Thoughts on the anniversary of the Kent State massacre

May 4, 2012

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The violent, churning, musical, rebellious, and ultimately frightening 1960s came to a shocking and bloody coda 42 years ago today, May 4, 1970. In what remain cloaked and mysterious details, armed Ohio National Guardsmen suddenly opened fire, in the open air and under sunny skies, upon a

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Under diplomatic cover, U.S. will abandon Afghanistan

May 2, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –There is a lesson in the reports of Barack Obama’s visit with the President of Afghanistan a year after bin Laden’s killing. As reported by the BBC: “US President Barack Obama has pledged to ‘finish the job’ and end the Afghan war, addressing the US public live from a military base

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Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan… is there a pattern here?

April 30, 2012

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 37th anniversary of the fall of Saigon today is a good time to review the utility of American security promises — including those purchased with American blood — to countries fighting ideologically based insurgencies. There were 540,000 Americans in Vietnam at the peak of the U.S. part of

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Scandals demonstrate arrogance of power in federal government

April 29, 2012

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In the last few weeks, two enormous scandals shook a usually nonchalant and numb populace and even the politicians Right and Left. We will call them “The GSA extravagance in Las Vegas” and “The Secret Service debauchery in Cartagena.” The GSA, whose very existence was hitherto known

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Health care debate toxic despite agreement

April 28, 2012

By David Brin ENCINITAS, California — In a brief return to political matters… What won’t the candidates be discussing during this election season? Campaign finance, surveillance, patent reform…are among a few issues that candidates are sure to avoid. What else….? This mini-slide show shows just a few. In fact, the matters discussed at sciencedebate.org are

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America in search of a Middle Eastern policy

April 27, 2012

By Daniel Halper WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Middle East has undergone systemic and radical change since the beginning of the so-called Arab Spring over a year ago. The leaders in Egypt and elsewhere are different-and in their place, well, there is not overwhelming evidence to suggest that the new guys are any friendlier to

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The case for a solid missile defense

April 26, 2012

By Peter Huessy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, missile defense is under attack. This is not a new thing, however. Opponents tried to eliminate funding for ballistic missile defense when Ronald Reagan was President, sneeringly calling it “Star Wars” to denote how foolish they thought the idea to be. Under President Bill Clinton, defenses against

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U.S. reactions to North Korea inform Israel’s decisions about Iran

April 24, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Reading news reports can be like reading tea leaves. The combination of different items may mean more than any one of them says explicitly. Yet it is more art than craft. Conclusions may be sounder than received from a seer, but are less than certain. Currently my computer screen is

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U.S. should put conditions on its military aid to Egypt

April 18, 2012

By James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. –Providing the Egyptian military with unrestricted military assistance no longer serves American goals. While conditional aid is a relatively weak diplomatic tool, it is the only approach left to the United States to alter meaningfully Egypt’s negative trajectory that is propelled by an economy nearing collapse, ongoing human rights abuses,

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Tension increases between U.S. and Israel over Iran

April 16, 2012

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel and the United States are at another hiccup, or maybe something more. Catherine Ashton, serving as the European Union’s foreign minister and the chair of a meeting in Istanbul between Iran and representatives of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and China, is upbeat after the first

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Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage draw Jewish responses

U.S. Constitution’s 9th Amendment may become bulwark against an expanding federal government

On tour in New York and Pennsylvania

As JFK put it, U.S. has ‘God’s work’ to do

Thoughts on the anniversary of the Kent State massacre

Under diplomatic cover, U.S. will abandon Afghanistan

Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan… is there a pattern here?

Scandals demonstrate arrogance of power in federal government

Health care debate toxic despite agreement

America in search of a Middle Eastern policy

The case for a solid missile defense

U.S. reactions to North Korea inform Israel’s decisions about Iran

U.S. should put conditions on its military aid to Egypt

Tension increases between U.S. and Israel over Iran

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