Michael Widlanski
ARTICLES BY: Michael Widlanski
Christmas With Britain’s Jews
For many British Jews, Christmas is a special and even surreal experience. As Santa Claus tried to find his way amid gale-force winds and ice storms...
Talking to Terrorists: ‘The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit From Hamas’ (REVIEW)
The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit from Hamas, by Gershon Baskin (The Toby Press, $24.95). Memoir-writing is tricky, because writers clean up their own act, consciously...
Not Much ‘Dreamin’ in California
What is reputedly the safest city in America—Irvine, California—is safely reached by flying into an airport named, appropriately enough, after John Wayne, the legendary...
California vs. Israel: The Grass May be Greener, But Not the Olives
Southern California's olive trees are taller and emptier than olive trees anywhere in Israel, because the California authorities specially treat the trees. They do not...
The Gospel of Obama (SATIRE)
When it comes to Barack Obama, the world is divided into three groups: those who think he is God and those who criticize him. "Now, wait...
Two Tragic Anniversaries: The Yom Kippur War and the Oslo Accords
Jews are supposed to search their souls between Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. But this year there...
On Syria, America Can’t ‘Stay Home’
President Obama's dithering actions and non-response to events in the Middle East show the US is slipping back into the deep foreign policy chasm --...
U.S. is Failing a Simple Middle East Test
Who should Western democrats support in the "new" Middle East?: a. Islamists elected to power who claim to be democrats (best example: the Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptor the ayatollahs...
Obama Sings ‘Please Release Me’ on Behalf of Palestinian Terrorists
Earlier this week, Israel freed 26 terrorist murderers - all convicted in public trials under full due process of law - as part of Barack...
Questioning Obama’s ‘Victory’ Over Terror
"Al-Qaeda is on the run, and Osama Bin-Laden is dead," declared President Barack Obama (in almost identical language) at more than a dozen campaign appearances...
John Kerry: Flying Everywhere, Getting Nowhere
Forget the headlines: John Kerry has been jetting everywhere and getting nowhere. Kerry thinks putting the PLO in a room with Israelis will solve the "Palestinian-Israeli...
Mahmoud Abbas: The Palestinian Authority’s Phony ‘Moderate’
Imagine what would happen if an Israeli—ANY Israeli—said that a final treaty between Israel and the Arabs would leave no Arabs living inside Israel. There would be riots...
Rabbis and Royalty
God periodically shows us a sense of poetic justice and even a sense of humor. This week the world media celebrated the birth of a new...
Hawks, Doves – and Ostriches
Power politics is not about the good, the bad and the ugly. It is about hawks, doves, and ostriches. Hawks and doves can be good...
