Michael Widlanski
ARTICLES BY: Michael Widlanski
Obama’s Hypocrisy on Snowden
A great medieval poet, troubled by lost loves and a spate of global warming during the Middle Ages, lamented "but where are the snows of...
Blowing On Shimon Peres’s Candles
Normally, I would not raise a big stink about Shimon Peres's 90th birthday bash. When it comes to birthdays, I salute that great Western Jewish tradition...
Barack Obama, George Orwell, and Terror
George Orwell would have disliked Barack Obama's big speech on terror, because Orwell hated when politicians used words to hide ugly truths. In 1984, Orwell coined...
Washington’s New Language
Watching the news from Washington lately is like going on a trip to other places at another time. Top officials from the Internal Revenue Service, The...
Leaders, Lies and Terror
Our worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves, but our most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves about terror. From Benghazi and Boston to Kabul and Karachi, to Fort Hood, Detroit and New York,...
Going to China for Peace?
'Itlab al-'ilm hatta fi-al-Sin" is an Arabic proverb that means - "Go even to China for the sake of knowledge." This Arabic saying recalls the...
Terror Never Left America’s Shores
Terror did not return to America at the Boston Marathon, because terror never left. There have been more anti-US attacks and abortive attacks (not including Iraq...
Obama, Einstein, and Jerusalem
US President Barack Obama has some things in common with Albert Einstein, such as a basic liberal attitude and a Nobel Prize, but the differences...
The US, Israel and the Politics of Dumb
As Barack Obama gets ready to visit Israel, it is worth noting how much he and Benjamin Netanyahu have in common. Both were re-elected with...
Islam’s Path to Africa
Muslims often say "sabeel Allah fi-al-sayf," "the path of God is by the sword," and this path, which once led to the gates of Vienna, or...
Opinion: Appointments With Destiny
After elections, the real power game begins. Leaders leave legacies by their appointments, not just their policies, and such selections often have greater long-term effect than...
Israel’s Fractional Reality
In Israel, the devil is not so much in the details as it is in the fractions. Ignore the puffy pundits on TV who have...
Staring Down the Dangers of Modernity
Humans have been inventing things that save and improve lives for a while, but we now realize these signs of modernity can also hurt and...
Dreaming of a White Jerusalem
Many dream of Jerusalem—from David and Maimonides to Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain—but when Israelis dream of Jerusalem, we always dress her in...
