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Columns October 16, 2009  RSS feed

Climate of Anger and Hatred
Conspiracy theories have always been a favorite of extremists in America. The Birthers are people who question Obama's birth in Hawaii and claim that he is not a United States citizen.
      Have we reached a tipping point in the crescendo of accusations and outrageous labels flung at President Barack Obama? Were you shocked when you heard that someone had posted a survey on Facebook asking respondents, "Should Obama be killed?" The possible answers were: "No, Maybe, Yes and Yes if he cuts my health care.
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Dishonest Intelligence
It seems clear in retrospect, as it seemed clear to me at the time, that those who released this deeply flawed report had a political agenda.
      In December of 2007, I wrote an article about the National Intelligence Estimate that had just concluded that Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program back in 2003. The immediate effect of this pollyannaish report was to diminish the need for tough sanctions against Iran and to take the military option off the table.
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Undermining the Enemy
Israel's overwhelming strength and its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza deprived Israel of its favored "underdog" status.
      Recently I attended the 9th World Summit on Counter- Terrorism at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). The Institute is located on the IDC College campus in Herzliya.
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Palimony Claims in New Jersey
      The rights and obligations to support, and the distribution of property acquired during the marriage upon the dissolution of the marriage, is addressed by statue.(1) Unmarried cohabitants may make a claim for palimony based upon a promise, either written or implied.
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