David P. Goldman

Jewish studies have become a mass-production industry, and the sad story of German Jewry is  the subject of innumerable recent tomes. Most of these efforts, strangely, consider Jews without discussing their relationship to God, the Election of Israel, or the religious practices of Jewish . . . . Continue Reading »

CNBC has asked me to join a panel on the dollar’s decline tonight at 7 pm on Larry Kudlow’s show. These things are always tentative, but that’s the present . . . . Continue Reading »

Today’s “Spengler” essay at Asia Times Online evaluates the crackup of Western and South Asia as the United States builds down its influence in the region. An excerpt:Iran has blamed the United States for Sunday’s suicide bombing in Sistan-Balochistan province in which six . . . . Continue Reading »

The cover story in this month’s American Conservative—Pat Buchanan’s paleocon platform—is an interview with whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, a former Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI who has been under Federal gag order for several years. I had a peripheral relationship . . . . Continue Reading »

At the morethodoxy.com blog, Rabbi Hyim Shafner cites classic Jewish commentators on the Book of Genesis regarding how we are to understand the creation story:The first is Rash”I (Rabbi Shlomo Isaac of Worms, France 1040CE-1105CE) who claims that the bible’s creation story is incorrect . . . . Continue Reading »

A friend calls my attention to a bit of a brouhaha that erupted in January 2008, when then candidate Barack Obama gushed about how much he liked the character of Omar Little in the HBO television series, “The Wire.” Obama told the Las Vegas Sun,I gotta say Omar’s a great guy. . . . . Continue Reading »

http://www.theholylandreview.net/holyland/att_ver_st.jspAnalysing the Complex Situation Facing Arab Christiansby Edward PentinRome, October 13, 2009In a recent address in Westminster Cathedral, London, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, drew attention to the emigration of . . . . Continue Reading »

Asia Times Online declined to publish my scheduled column today. Here it is, unedited.Obama in Nightmare Alleyby SpenglerFull disclosure: I pray for President Obama weekly, in keeping with the Jewish practice to “seek the peace of the city.” But I do not believe he will stand up to the . . . . Continue Reading »

The horror-film genre is multiplying like one of its own monsters, showing six-fold growth over the past decade—turning what used to be a Hollywood curiosity into a mainstream product. Not only the volume of films but their cruelty has increased, with explicit torture now a screen staple. Why do . . . . Continue Reading »

Asia Times’ premiere South Asia correspondent M.K. Bhadrakumar has the best analysis of Afghan developments that I have seen recently. The key to solving the problem is to get India involved. Pakistan, understandably, does not like this, which is not surprising, because Pakistan’s . . . . Continue Reading »