Summary: ABM defense systems don’t work; they are a waste of money; they will drive other countries into an arms race that will further destabilize the world; better to be more serious about enforcing MAD doctrine and making rogue threats
State of the Markets I took some of my own advice issued at year’s end and sold a good number of tech stocks in mid-March. The seasonal dip came about 2 weeks earlier than I had hoped but nevertheless we
Genetics I like the idea of genetics being able to fix things that go wrong, particularly in pre-birth situations. I’m less excited about it as far as the food we eat. I figure there has to be a cost for
By: Gary Rosenblatt, Editor and Publisher Ivan Ciment at the Dubai Golf Club, U.A.E., October 1999Ivan Ciment, a graduate of the New York University Journalism School, has spent a good bit of time traveling to the Mideast, including Israel, Egypt,
I’m sure Barak is happy not to visit the US right now; he has nothing to gain from the trip except to hear lots of advice he doesn’t need right now. He doesn’t like AIPAC anyway. I. Tax Reform still
New York Jewish Week, 26 May 2000 Ivan Ciment, a graduate of the New York University Journalism School, has spent a good bit of time traveling to the Mideast, including Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
In general, my sense is that current efforts are spearheading surgical strikes to infuse new life into the younger sectors of an increasingly apathetic and unaffiliated Jewish population. I am skeptical and it is within the consensus that it will
This month in Phoenix I sat at a dinner next to the head of a rabbinical cemetery (I meant seminary — just wanted to be sure you’re listening). She wanted to talk about the Bar Mitzvah ceremony. She took her
Time to reassess assumptions. I’ve eaten crow and admitted that we now have learned that Assad has neither the guts nor the desire to make peace with Israel, even if he’s given essentially what he asked for. Who would have
I made some inquiries about this 100 meter business. here’s the exact story: Israel doesn’t need it for strategic reasons. However, I am told there is no way at all that Barak can pass a referendum or get wide support
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