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In a State Over Israel

March 27, 2012  •  Wall Street Journal

Bookstore shoppers who spy "The Crisis of Zionism" on a shelf could be excused for assuming that the book is an up-to-the-minute work about Zionism's biggest crisis: the one brewing in Iranian uranium-enrichment facilities. But Peter Beinart is more interested in threats to Israel, or to the idea of Israel, supposedly coming from the Jewish state itself.

Mr. Beinart is not one of those Jews who flee their heritage and then seem to spend the rest of their lives harping at those who stayed behind. He attends synagogue and sends his children to Jewish schools—these are his "credentials," he says. He doesn't want to sever ties with the Jewish community; he simply wants the community to embrace his way of thinking.

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The Obama Deal: Harvard for $6,700 a Year?
Do universities care about the debt they leave their students with?

February 22, 2012  •  Forbes

President Obama was too soft in the declaration of war (and peace treaty terms) he issued to university administrators over the spiraling cost of college education. Rather than simply demanding that tuition stops rising, he should have challenged universities to answer why the very best education – the type he got – should cost students any more than $6,700 a year.

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What if Hugh Hefner were Mitt Romney's Great-grandfather?
Looking at why polygamy and infidelity are treated so differently

February 8, 2012  •  Forbes

If Mitt Romney's great-grandfather were Hugh Hefner, rather than Miles Park Romney, he'd have an easier time winning the Republican nomination and the White House. That's something for voters to ponder, especially given the marital history of Romney's chief rival, Newt Gingrich.

Hugh would be a more politically convenient forebear because Miles, unlike Hefner, was a Mormon who practiced polygamy (he had four wives). He fled to Mexico in 1885 after Utah acceded to the federal government's demands and banned the practice.

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If Assad Survives, Peace with Israel?
War and revolutions can turn enemies into friends, with some deft diplomacy

January 25, 2012  •  Forbes

The outcome of the uprising in Syria has the potential to revolutionize Israel's relations with her neighbors and turn the Middle East upside down for the better – if the current Syrian leader, Bashar Assad, survives. It would, however, require the type of foresight and deft diplomacy rarely seen anywhere these days, let alone in the Middle East.

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U.S. To Twitter: Stop Sleeping With The Enemy
We should be prepared, not surprised, when terrorists master the newest technology

January 10, 2012  •  Forbes

The love affair between Twitter and the U.S. government is in danger of crashing as spectacularly as a celebrity relationship: with tears, disavowals, a chorus of "I told you so"s, and, of course, lawsuits. Like the Demi Moore - Ashton Kutcher (both popular Twitterati) breakup, the reason is alleged infidelity. In Twitter's case it's worse than a claimed hot tub fling, however. The online micro-blogging tool is accused of consorting with U.S. enemies: terrorist groups.

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