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Thane Rosenbaum

Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor and Distinguished University Professor at Touro University, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society. He has written numerous works of fiction and nonfiction and hundreds of essays in major national and global publications. He is the legal analyst for CBS News Radio and appears on cable TV news programs. His most recent book is entitled “Saving Free Speech . . . from Itself.”

Summer of Antisemitism Goes Back to School

Back-to-school shopping this year includes a wide selection of Kevlar vests and an assortment of paramilitary gadgets and gear. Pepper spray is positively de rigueur. Keffiyeh scarves are being sold at student bookstores.

The Polish Promised Land

Now, with the world positively seething with rage against Israel, and holding global Jewry accountable, Poland, improbably, reveals itself as a promised land outside of Israel.

Land of the Free, Home of the Self-Haters

We once believed in American Exceptionalism; now such declarations are proof-positive of American imperialism, war-mongering, and promiscuous meddling in foreign affairs.

American Mediocrity

Watching President Joe Biden debate former President Donald Trump was a master class in American mediocrity.

Enter Vengeance

When the law fails to do its job, the morality of self-help presents itself as a viable option. Something, after all, must be done.

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