To the editor, Few, even among his detractors, will deny that Jimmy Carter was a man of consummate good character and personal integrity — before, during, and after he was president. He was indeed just that, even though opinions will differ significantly over his presidency — the many encomia at the time of his death […]

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From Rabbi Leonard Beerman’s introduction of Jimmy Carter, recipient of the Courage Prize, at the annual luncheon for the Ridenhour Prizes held at the Press Club in Washington, DC on April 4, 2007. These are the words of Franz Kafka, written not too many years before the birth of the 39th president of the United […]

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Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought leaders. The books offered a detailed program of spiritual warfare against Western democracies culminating in “controlled global collapse” and the establishment of a “supranational” state headed by a Prince-Monk who “best […]

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A pair of books released weeks before the election, written by key players in the post-2016 investigation of Donald Trump’s multiple ties to Russia, brings our attention back to something that Republicans say is a hoax and Democrats seem all too ready to forget: that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin apparently has leverage over the Manhattan […]

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Donald Trump is a habitual liar. Despite his constant denials, most people believe he slept with a porn star and then paid her to keep their liaison quiet. Certainly the New York jury that found him guilty of 34 felonies for falsifying business records didn’t buy his story. However, big lies sometimes work. Public opinion […]

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