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.”
Trump dodged a bullet, literally, but Biden, figuratively, has so many knives sticking out from his back, his campaign is looking a lot like elder abuse, replete with Shakespearean betrayals worthy of summer stock.
We once believed in American Exceptionalism; now such declarations are proof-positive of American imperialism, war-mongering, and promiscuous meddling in foreign affairs.
Watching President Joe Biden debate former President Donald Trump was a master class in American mediocrity.
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.
If you’re cheering for Hamas, then you’re on the side of those who brought down the World Trade Center. On 9/11, Palestinians threw candy in celebration.
If bringing the hostages home is going to take place, only Israel can be relied upon to accomplish it.
If Biden has some notion about how to end this war, he should consider this easy-to-remember axiom: “Cease-stupid, not ceasefire.”
Amal Clooney, yes wife of George, was one of the three “experts” that advised the ICC to equate Western democracy with Islamic terror.
Ripped from the headlines, yes, but “Law & Order” will probably pass on this storyline. It’s too preposterous, especially for prime time. And, yet, it is all embarrassingly true.
The past eight years have been one slow death march of the Democratic Party’s abandonment of its Jewish voting bloc.
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