Year: 2013

Expecting Syria to live up to an agreement between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the cataloging, inspection, removal and eventual destruction or sequester of chemical weapons is a subtle seduction. Why would a dictator like Bashar al-Assad relinquish his most potent weapon in the midst of a civil […]

The Egyptian army’s crackdown on: Mohamed Morsi’sCairo: supporters unleashed the largest attack on Egyptian Christians and Coptic houses of worship in the country’s modern history. In recent weeks, international news outlets and human rights groups have reported Christians have been beaten, threatened and even killed, forcing millions of Christians, primarily from the Coptic Orthodox community, into hiding. […]

Whether we are talking about respect for a nation or for an individual, nothing undermines respect more than duplicity — saying one thing and acting differently. I think it is a big reason why President Barack Obama’s Tuesday speech to the nation, in which he attempted to explain why he has proposed military action in […]

It’s a sad day for the United States when the president of any other country, but especially Russia, can outmaneuver our president and successfully claim the moral high ground on anything. But that’s exactly what happened thanks to President Obama’s feckless “foreign policy by gaffe” — if you can even it call it policy — […]

Jumpstart’s release of: Connected to Give: Key Findings,: the first in a series of reports detailing the giving habits and motivations of American Jews across all: ages, economic groups and geographies, garnered international media attention from diverse news and broadcast outlets.: Connected to Give: findings: are based on a survey of nearly 3,000 American: Jewish households plus 2,000 households from other religious […]