Lawrence Kadish

Jan 9, 2025 | gatestoneinstitute.org | Lawrence Kadish

A recent decision by the outgoing 46th President of the United States to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 19 Americans for what the White House describes as "good people who have made extraordinary contributions to their country and the world". Unfortunately, what President Joe Biden has done in the final days of his single term is to turn a most prestigious national award into a gratuitous partisan medal of loyalty.

Jan 8, 2025 | gatestoneinstitute.org | Lawrence Kadish

Why is it that people are always calling for someone to think "outside the box," then when someone does, say, "Aaaak! He thought outside the box!"In that view, President-elect Donald J. Trump has already committed (at least) three heresies: Buy Greenland, stop China from controlling the Panama Canal and deepen America's affiliation with Canada. All three ideas are neither crazy nor even new. President Harry S. Truman looked at acquiring Greenland in 1946.

Jan 8, 2025 | gatestoneinstitute.org | Lawrence Kadish

President-elect Donald J. Trump has warned that unless the hostages being held by Hamas are released by January 20, the day of his inauguration, "all hell will break out."Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is already in Doha, Qatar, negotiating. Not very astonishingly, the negotiations keep breaking down.... The question arises: why is Witkoff in Qatar negotiating? Negotiating for what? How many dead hostages for how many live Palestinian terrorists now in Israeli prisons?

Jan 7, 2025 | jewishpress.com | Lawrence Kadish

The New Year has become a traditional time to reflect on the year past and ponder the year to come. Invariably, the forecasters focus on the next 12 short months while failing to appreciate the sweep of history that has brought us to this next chapter of American history. The pessimistic “Bears” among us will warn that there are systematic threats to our economy, our nation, and the stability of the world.

Dec 6, 2024 | jewishpress.com | Lawrence Kadish

This December 7th marks the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on the American fleet berthed at Pearl Harbor on a quiet Sunday morning. It devastated our naval fleet, killing 2,403 Americans, and left a nation in shock. The Japanese military warlords, however, had miscalculated.