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Encouraging Findings from the 2018 Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Study

Last week, we observed Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, to commemorate the approximatively six million Jews who lost their lives in The Holocaust. As time passes and The Holocaust becomes a more distant point in history, it is vital…

Greece’s future: In the end Germany, not Greece, may be the biggest loser

Germany is using its size and wealth to compel its Eurozone partners to take a hard line toward Greece but in the end, Germany has much to lose by forcing the Aegean nation to choose between more austerity and dumping…

‘Space nets’ aim to capture threats to satellites and spacecraft

Technology thousands of years old has been overhauled to capture threats to space hardware. Space junk poses a serious threat, particularly to humans in space whether in the International Space Station, space shuttles, or other spacecraft. The debris also poses…

Peace Talks Are In The Air At The NATO Summit, But Will Things Ever Change?

The NATO summit in Wales has begun and crisis in Ukraine is the main topic of conversation. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that he is seeking a “bilateral cease-fire” between Ukraine’s army and the pro-Russian separtists who have taken…

With The Annexation Of Crimea, Putin Is Testing Us Again — Will The US Rise To The Challenge?

The United States and the European Union is facing one of their greatest foreign policy challenges in decades. By passing the referendum yesterday and calling for the annexation of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, the voters of Crimea have sent…

Were the First Ten Years of the 21st Century Really the Worst In American History?

The first decade of the 21st century was the worst in American history: Did you know that? That’s what Thomas Friedman of the New York Times told a packed, applauding worshipful audience at the annual Aspen Festival of Ideas in…