Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History through the Lives of Its Foremost Leaders by Jack L. Schwartzwald.; Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company: 2012. By Edward Alexander CHICAGO– “History,” wrote the Victorian sage and hero-worshiper Thomas Carlyle, “is the essence of innumerable biographies.” Jack Schwartzwald, a professor of medicine at Brown University,

 By J.J Surbeck LA JOLLA, California –This past weekend (June 22-24), the La Jolla Country Day School launched its first Young Leaders Film Festival. It was marketed to the general public rather than being  an internal academic exercise  (taking advantage of the fact that school is out during the summer). Four films were presented twice over

By Congresswoman Susan Davis WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last time I checked the constitution, it began with “We the People”. Lately, it seems as if the Supreme Court would prefer that it begin “We the Corporations”. I am deeply disappointed that Monday the Supreme Court turned a deaf ear to Montana’s plea for keeping coporate interests