In the history of mankind, many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state. TR
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, starts this evening, and I am forbidden from working – tasked instead by my religion to focus on the ethereal. So there will be no more posts by me on White House Dossier until Thursday evening. In the meantime, I thought I’d offer you this rendition below of the Avinu Malkeinu, or “Our Father, our King,” prayer, which will
If President Obama wants to keep the Jewish vote, he’ll need some new advisers. Because the president’s Rosh Hashanah message is an insult to the Jewish people and Israel. Take a listen. First of all, Mr. “Pahkeestahn” pronounces everyone else’s foreign language words correctly, why not Hebrew? The “O” in Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a long “O,” as in “Obama.” Ohhhhhkay? No, that’s
The briefing has concluded.
Well, gosh, I thought the “Back-to-School” speech was supposed to be kind of a civics thing – a nonpartisan effort by our Head of State to inspire the little ones to learn and help make their country great. Sure, most of the speech – which Obama will give this afternoon at a Washington school – is about such things. But what do you know? Political
The event has concluded.
This was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to watch. And yet, I could not avert my eyes. For all seven minutes.