Michael Widlanski
ARTICLES BY: Michael Widlanski
Israeli Left Clueless and Unready As Elections Loom
Prime Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will hold early elections in February, but the Israeli Left is so unprepared that some of its leaders are pinning...
America’s Hollow Leader: Obama in the Words of T.S. Eliot
Clint Eastwood's image of the empty chair in the White House hit home even with the literarily-conscious magazine, The New Yorker, that featured Barack Obama's "empty chair" as the...
Opinion: Killing the Messenger, Obama’s Way
What do CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Bibi Netanyahu, a Lebanese website, and Mitt Romney all have in common? They told some truths inconvenient for President...
Obama and the Power of Propaganda
Those who study propaganda know that propagandists cannot dictate what we think, but they can strongly influence what we think about. In other words, propagandists can...
My Fair President: The Hit Musical
Good looks, a great voice and working hard on one's speaking ability can lift someone to great heights. That is the message of the hit musical...
America and Israel in Each Other’s Minds
Who will be president, and how will that affect Israel? What will Israel do about Iran, and do Israelis really trust Netanyahu and Israel's Barak or America's Barack? These are critical,...
Conventions Produce Unconventional Insights Into Parties’ Changing Views on Israel and Islam
National party conventions produce balloons, hot air and many conventional wisdoms, but this year, the conventions highlighted the changing way Republicans and Democrats treat Jews, Israel,...
How Leftist Jews Make Terror Kosher
Lenin joked that capitalists would sell him the rope by which he would hang them, and Muslim terrorists may be making the same joke about...
Egypt Reportedly Sets up Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Sinai Desert
Egypt has set up anti-aircraft missiles in the Sinai Desert, without notifying Israel and in violation of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, according to Israeli reports,...
Possible War with Iran and Regional Instability Worry Israel’s Investors
Israel's stock prices and its currency, the shekel, dropped sharply Monday amid a media campaign against a possible Israeli preemptive strike on Iran, and it seemed...
The Jewish Olympics
As we watch the Olympians running, jumping and swimming, it bears recalling that these fantastic events do not really measure what separates most humans...
Border Attack Leaves 23 Dead, Signals Need for Increased Israeli Activity in Sinai
In one of the boldest terror attacks ever on Israel's border, Islamic terrorists conquered an Egyptian army post in Sinai, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers, Sunday night...
Romney and Obama In Jerusalem: Should We Lament?
Mitt Romney came to Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av, the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, when Jews read the Book of Lamentations bemoaning the destruction of Jerusalem. This struck...
Sleepless in Seattle: Clueless in DC and New York
It is hard for the average American, to answer tough questions about terrorism or Mid-east politics. It is natural, then, to rely on "experts" in...
