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March 12, 2012
Opinion: Israel has a legal case for striking Iran
In a world where nuclear weapons could soon be in the hands of a rogue nation like Iran, an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be fully justified. Despite its ban on aggressive war, Article 51 of the United Nations Charter clearly recognizes a state’s inherent right of self-defense.
Peres ends Calif. tour with meeting with Hispanic leaders
Israeli President Shimon Peres ended a weeklong visit to California with a wide-ranging discussion with Latino leaders.
Marty Kaplan: Is luck dead?
The trouble with kids these days is that they think luck counts more than they should. That’s the diagnosis of America’s young people offered by a New York Times opinion piece this past weekend. Generation Y has moved back home and given up on gung-ho because in these recessionary times, they’re putting too little weight on the importance of effort and too much weight on the riskiness of risk.
Anne Frank figure unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Berlin
Madame Tussauds in Berlin unveiled a wax figure of Anne Frank depicted sitting at her desk, pen in hand, smiling dreamily.