Donald Trump's election was a watershed moment. Even those like me, who had previously pulled levers for candidates of both parties, felt that Mr. Trump had not only violated all sense of common decency, but, alarmingly, that he seemed to have no idea that there even existed such an unspoken code of civility and dignity.
While there are perfectly legitimate criticisms that one can make of Israel or the actions of its government - and I have never been shy about making them - those criticisms cross the line into anti-Semitism when they ascribe evil, almost supernatural powers to Israel in a manner that replicates classic anti-Semitic slanders.
I don't trade on my sexual identity in that way for political points. I think that's lame, and it's not my style.
Tel Aviv was established in 1909 by a group of secular Jewish families; Judaism's origin story is about 2,000 years older.
Shutting down conservatives has become de rigueur. But now anti-free-speech activists are increasingly turning their ire on free-thinking progressives.
Reasonable people can debate whether or not social experiments like a Day of Absence are enlightening.
The leaders of the Women's March, arguably the most prominent feminists in the country, have some chilling ideas and associations. Far from erecting the big tent so many had hoped for, the movement they lead has embraced decidedly illiberal causes and cultivated a radical tenor that seems determined to alienate all but the most woke.
Mr. Trump had campaigned on attacking the weakest and most vulnerable in our society.
Dwayne Betts is the kind of man who should be receiving awards from the Connecticut bar. Instead, he hasn't been admitted.
Outrage is something Donald Trump typically has in no short supply.
Since Britain handed over jurisdiction of its former colony to China 20 years ago, the city has operated under the notion of 'one country, two systems.' That increasingly appears to be an empty slogan.
I believe the Earth is warming.
There's no question that Ben Shapiro loves to provoke college students.
One of my favorite things on YouTube is the famous 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley at Cambridge University.
There's no question that I am biased toward the Hebrew calendar over the Gregorian one.
If you crave an anti-new year New Year, consider adopting Rosh Hashana as your own.
I no longer believe that I'm going to be struck down by a punishing God.
When Kendrick Lamar blasts Mr. Trump, he is preaching to the choir. When Eminem does it, there's a good chance Trump voters are actually listening.
Eminem knows that Republicans buy songs - his songs - too. His message to them is to stop buying.
Eminem isn't the first entertainer to part ways with his conservative fans.
