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June 2025

SCOTUS AND SNATCH SQUADS: IS THIS THE END OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT?
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Michael Goldfarb
US/ISRAEL vs IRAN: UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS AND BLOWBACK
The overnight attack by American B-2 bombers on three nuclear sites in Iran: Fordo, Natanz and near Isfahan has changed the dynamics of the decades long…
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Michael Goldfarb
ISRAEL AND IRAN: A TALE OF LOVE AND HATE -- AND FATE
The Long History of a Relationship Gone Bad
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Michael Goldfarb
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TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN MY HEAD AND I, I WROTE ABOUT BOTH OF THEM
And Neither Had Anything To Do With Musk vs. Trump
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Michael Goldfarb
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May 2025

THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION TODAY FOR JEWS AND THEIR MANY FRIENDS: ARE YOU A FOLLOWER OF SPINOZA OR SABBATAI?
A Lesson From the Comparatively (in Jewish terms) Recent Past
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Michael Goldfarb
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IN AMERICA'S COLD CIVIL WAR THE VOTE IS THE PRIMARY WEAPON
Do you vote FOR a candidate or party or do you vote to PREVENT a candidate or party from taking power?
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Michael Goldfarb
THE MORONIC INFERNO & THE ART OF THE DEAL
Like so much in the Trump White House the British trade deal was not a product of serious work but of Presidential whim.
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Michael Goldfarb
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FRIGHTENING OURSELVES TO DEATH
A Brief History of the Force Keeping Us From Effective Political Action
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Michael Goldfarb

April 2025

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