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It’s obvious, of course, that the UN is no friend to Israel when one reads any report of the proceedings that constantly emanate from UN headquarters.  Most of the UN’s effort goes into denouncing Israel.  However, a lot of people still naively believe that, on the ground, things are going to be different.  That’s why [...]

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Well, Halloween is almost over. The kids, over-stimulated and over-sugared, are having a last snack and then they’re going to bed — no doubt over their vociferous protests.
As is always the case in our neighborhood, it was a very nice Halloween. I know most of the kids who come by to trick or [...]

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I’ve provided 300 grains of rice to the world’s hungry — and it was so interesting to do, I’m not even bothered by the fact that it went through the United Nations.
At the website Free Rice, you have to do multiple choice guesses as to the meaning of words, sort of like an advanced vocabulary [...]

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My paying clients continue to give me work in vast amounts, which is severely curtailing my ability to blog — especially in the morning, which used to be peak blogging time for me. If it weren’t that my clients are such great people, the projects (for once) interesting, and the pay good, I’d say [...]

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I was glad to see that the Nobel Prize committee hasn’t lost its touch. Al Gore, the man whose movie is so inaccurate it needs to come with a warning, has now joined the august panoply of other recent Nobel Peace Prize winners. In case you’ve forgotten, here are some of the highlights [...]

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Actions tomorrow will speak louder than words today, but something interesting came out of the mouth of a UN representative — namely, the admission that the UN is focusing a disproportionate amount of its attention on condemning Israel. You don’t believe me? It’s true:
The UN Human Rights Council has failed to handle the [...]

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