Madman of Chu

"How happy it is to have friends come from afar." This line from the opening passage of the Confucian Analects greets one everyw...

As President Obama plans a trip to the Mideast this week, it is an opportune moment to reflect on what foreign policy lessons the U.S. has l...

Next week Brooklyn College will be hosting an event planned by the B.D.S. movement , an activist group dedicated to encouraging "boyco...

In the wake of last Friday's unspeakable tragedy, I like many have been moved to think about the politics surrounding gun ownership and ...

The proximity of Hanukkah to Christmas gives it a special place in the yearly calendar for American Jews, one fraught with opposing press...

The lead article in today's New York Times , about the shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai by the Taliban in northern Pakistan, is ...

The wave of anti-American protests set off by the film The Innocence of Muslims has occasioned an explosion of politicking, soul-searching,...

Speaking with other Jews, one of the themes that often arises when one discusses the current presidential campaign is the notion of Presiden...

Much ado has been made of Barack Obama's purported declaration that " If you've got a business- you didn't build that. ...

In yesterday's New York Times , Thomas Friedman offered a column entitled " Syria is Iraq ." In it, he notes that "Syria ...

On July 10th, the New York Times published an editorial by Jiang Qing and Daniel Bell entitled "A Confucian Constitution for China....

Dear President Obama, I write out of concern for the ongoing conflict in Syria. Your actions in Libya demonstrated that the United States ca...

To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, I write you as a citizen out of concern that you might overturn the P...

This past week I gave a lecture to my students that almost certainly failed in its objective. The course was "Shaping of the Modern Wor...

Furor over the Department and Health and Human Service's ruling that Catholic agencies must offer employees health coverage granting acc...

The last few weeks have been a study in self-reproach, as revelations about Congressman Ron Paul's early newsletters pervade the airwave...

Watching the GOP debate last night, it was frustrating to see Newt Gingrich's opponents stammer and fumble in search of a critique of hi...

Even before the last U.S. soldier has left Iraq, President Obama's order to withdraw forces is being filtered through distorting prisms ...

I have many excuses for failing to appear at Zuccotti Park. Work and family preoccupy my time. Well into middle age, I simply do not feel hi...

President Obama's announcement of a total troop withdrawal from Iraq by the end of this year is a watershed moment in U.S. foreign polic...