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politicians
Politicians will never make us happy
David Suissa
July 27, 2016
According to a 2015 Pew report, just 19 percent of Americans say they can trust their government “always or most of the time,” while only 20 percent would describe government programs as “being well run.”
Trump and Weiner
Rob Eshman
June 9, 2016
This week, as the firestorm was building over Donald Trump’s racist comments about the “Mexican” judge presiding over lawsuits against Trump University — you know, the judge who was born and raised just outside that great Mexican city of South Bend, Ind. — I went to see the new documentary “Weiner.”
What monkeys can teach us about politics
Jewish Journal
September 2, 2015
Imagine a society that chooses leaders based on past behavior, not promises on TV ads.
Brands like Yelp, Amazon and Uber make lousy lovers
Marty Kaplan
September 8, 2014
What brand doesn’t belong on this list? Amazon, Uber, Yelp, Hillary.
Israel in Wonderland
Roberta Fahn Schoffman
February 1, 2007
Just when you think it can\’t be any more topsy-turvy in Israel than it already is, the president addresses the nation with nonsensical shrieks and accusations in a parody of leadership so bizarre that you wonder whether the Jewish state has turned into Wonderland.
Spirit Up, Tally Down on Super Sunday
Marc Ballon
March 2, 2006
Leon Weinstin has spent much of his life fighting on behalf of the Jewish people.
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