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Humoring the Headlines; April 24, 2014

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Georgia’s governor signed the “Guns Everywhere Law” which allows people with concealed weapons permits to bring guns into airports, bars, churches, schools, government buildings and parts of airports.  Although he heralded it as a victory for Second Amendment rights, Catholic Priests have expressed concern that their altar boys will be packing […]

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Being on nuclear verge may suit Iran’s political goals

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is a possibility that Israel, alone, might have to interdict Iran’s atomic weapons project. However, a distinguished expert on Iran at Tel Aviv University thinks that is unlikely. I heard Professor Litvak at the monthly lecture sponsored by the English Speaking Friends of TAU. Meir Litvak is

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

UCSD team wins ‘Jeopardy’ competition at Grossmont

By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California – With a steady drumbeat on the buzzer and an apparent photographic memory for every little fact in Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, James Dohleman led his UCSD team to a runaway victory in a three-way contest against Pt. Loma Nazarene

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Narratives recapture the chaos, pride of Six Day War

  The Lion’s Gate; On the Front Lines of the Six Day War by Steven Pressfield; Sentinel/ Penguin, (c) 2014. ISBN 978-1-59523-091-1, 430 pages including index and bibliography, $29.95. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — ‘The Lion’s Gate’ is a fascinating attempt to present the events before and during the Six Day War of June 1967,

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle East

2 Jewish community members seek election as judges

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Two members of the Jewish community are seeking election as California Superior Court judges in the June 3 election.  Carla Keehn, a federal prosecutor, is opposing Judge Lisa Schall for Office No. 20, while Brad A. Weinreb, a California deputy attorney general, is seeking to prevail in a three-candidate race

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Book tells of Martin Luther King’s best white friend

Ben Kamin, Dangerous Friendship: Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy Brothers, Michigan State University Press, © 2014, ISBN 978-1-61186-131-0, 256 pages including bibliography, notes and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Martin Luther King Jr. had as a trusted aide a millionaire friend, who was an attorney and a successful real estate

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Donald H. Harrison

Hubris is reason for U.S. foreign policy failures

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is tempting to simply list all the ways the Obama administration — particularly Secretaries Kerry and Hagel — has been wrong on foreign and defense policy. After all, Russia/Ukraine, Syria, Iran, China, and Israel/Palestinians are nothing to sneeze at. But finding a common thread among the mistakes might

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen