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In a few weeks, Jews around the world will sit down at elaborately decorated dinner tables, muster smiles as they chew herbs dipped in bitter saltwater and hard-boiled eggs, and stumble along through the Haggadah. The Jewish holiday of Pesach, or Passover, is a yearly reminder of the limited range of Jewish cooking, but also […]

Mary Dyer had already been twice banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but she had no intention of leaving lost souls behind. Three times she returned to preach a gospel of the Inner Light, a theological claim characteristic of the Quakers which teaches that people have individual access to God and thus no need for […]

January 25 saw the first of what is bound to be many confirmations of controversial nominees off the Trump slate; the day also saw a run-of-the-mill excusal of anti-Muslim sentiment, which has become all too common in the wake of 9/11. When 50 senators and the sitting vice president voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as […]

The race to dominate the global electric vehicle (EV) market is on, and China is leading the charge. In 2023, China overtook all its competitors – Japan, Germany, and the United States– to become the world’s largest auto exporter, a position that marks the beginning of a seismic shift in global trade and technological power. […]

For over 30 years, the US has been unquestionably stronger than any opponent to our national interests — the People’s Republic of China is bringing those days to an end. The underlying source of tension between the US and China is Bejing’s territorial dispute with Taiwan. Since 1949, both nations have rejected the other’s autonomy, […]

Just days after the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria, Israeli security forces moved to control the strategically valuable territory that separates Israel from its neighbors to the north and east. At the time, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, claimed in front of the General Assembly that the operation was […]

Picture a democracy where every citizen’s voice is heard, each vote carries equal weight, and collective decisions flawlessly reflect the will of the people. The institutions are free from bias, manipulation, and corruption. Leaders represent the interests of the majority, policies serve the common good, and no individual or group holds disproportionate power. This is […]