As a record number of migrants invade the U.S., wreaking pain on New York City and other communities, one group is winning big-time: the public advocacy lawyers. Their business is to constantly sue to win more so-called rights for migrants. Rights to shelter, rights to meals, rights to health care, even the right to vote […]
A lot of people have been asking me lately about an election ad that Bill Graham is running nonstop on TV stations across North Carolina. Graham is a Republican candidate for Governor and a trial lawyer at Wallace & Graham, the Salisbury law firm that spearheaded the nuisance lawsuits against Murphy-Brown, Smithfield Foods, and North […]
“Actually, we are,” answered the new father who with his wife had welcomed their first child a couple of months ago. I had asked him, “Are you getting much sleep?” “She’s a good baby,” he said, “but having a child sure changes things.” Isn’t that the truth? A baby turns the regular schedule upside down […]
The seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas can bring with them amplified opportunities for introspection about the challenges and blessings of life. We live in a very noisy world that may, if we are not careful, prevent us from enjoying the “peace on earth” promised by the teachings of the babe born in Bethlehem. As an […]
For those dismayed at how many college and university students and faculty, even, or especially, at selective and prestigious institutions, have been cheering Hamas’ Oct. 7 atrocities and calling, in only slightly veiled language, for the destruction of Israel and genocide of Jews, the question is how this vicious line of thought gained hold in […]
Since World War II, most American Jews have believed that the more secular American society is, the more secure their status. This has been, as I have argued all of my life, a colossal error. Indeed, it may turn out to be a fatal error. With the outburst of unprecedented levels of antisemitism, American Jews […]
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