Michael Widlanski
ARTICLES BY: Michael Widlanski
From Truman to Trump — America and Israel, Then and Now
A popular president known as a great sophisticated thinker, speaker and reformer is suddenly replaced -- almost out of nowhere -- by a crude upstart. The...
The Israeli Media Is Out to Get Trump
If you asked most Israelis, they'd say they never really liked or trusted Barack Obama. But if you asked most Israelis today, they'd say they...
Trump and Truman: Straight-Talking Presidents
The American press has been shocked by the foul-mouthed antics of a president attacking journalists who insulted his daughter. Typical Trump, right? No, typical Truman -- Harry S. Truman. President...
In This Cartoon Election, the Republican Dumbo Is Preferable to the Democrats’ Smooth-Talking Donkey
America must choose between two political parties that are really cartoons. The Democrats are the party of the smartass -- the smooth-talking donkey in "Shrek" -- while Republicans are...
Hillary Clinton Is the ‘Deplorable’ One
Hillary Clinton has a deep-seated belief that those who support Donald Trump are evil racists. We know this because she says it repeatedly -- in scripted and...
Terror-Denial
Those who deny that Islamist terror is a grave danger often hold progressive views. Leaders like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Francois Hollande, Ban-Ki-Moon, Noam Chomsky and...
What Hillary Clinton Can Learn From Israeli Democracy
If the United States were as great a democracy as Israel, then Hillary Clinton would be living in jail -- just like Israel’s ex-prime minister, Ehud...
Barack Obama and the Denial of Islamic Terrorism
If Barack Obama is right, there is no Islamic terror wave today, just a few “incidents.” Likewise, progressive politicians in Germany, Britain, Sweden and other parts...
Visiting Hungary and ‘The Grand Hotel Budapest’
My family and I were recently looking for someplace to visit. When Hungary’s leader said he would not discriminate against Israel or its products, we...
The Communist Fingerprints on Iran’s Bomb
A month from today or a year from today, an Iranian scientist or general might defect to the West - and present hard proof that...
How Western Corruption Helps Fuel Radical Islam
What do the big money and cushy lifestyles of Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as Mideast leaders like Shimon Peres, Hosni Mubarak, Ehud Barak,...
Thank Goodness That Barack Obama and Iran Have Learned So Much From the Jews
The US-Iran nuclear pact, certifying that Iran's nuclear program is strictly kosher, is like the way Jews remove bread, beer, and booze from their homes...
Talking ‘Turkey’ to President Obama
In Israel it's Thanksgiving - the American holiday I really miss, the day that sums up what is beautiful in the American spirit -faith over...
The Truth About ‘Intifadas’
Many journalists covering the Mideast are like an old Russian joke during the time of dictator Josef Stalin. One Russian asks his neighbor: "What's happening?" Russian response:...
