What can one say after that surprisingly thrilling World Cup final? A great champion, Argentina's Messi -- who lost in 2014 -- has achieved his goal, while passing the torch to the only man to score more goals, France's Mbappe.
Well -- now, perhaps, Argentina can tackle inflation, which the country's labor minister said it would not do until after the country won the World Cup. Maybe things can finally turn around in that country -- and in ours? Who knows.
One thing is for sure: we are facing a crisis at the border, with the imminent end of Title 42, the only enforcement mechanism the Biden administration hadn't canceled. Amazingly, the media are blaming Republicans for the crisis.
We'll discuss the border, and some troubling news about suicide, but we'll also leave room for happiness and celebration -- discussing a new book about Sesame Street in Russia, and enjoying a live lighting of the Chanukah menorah.
Special guests:
- John Binder - Breitbart News immigration reporter (and fashion consultant)
- Natasha Rogoff - television producer and author of "Muppets in Moscow"
- John Wordin - CEO of LifeScore, on preventing veteran suicides
- Brandon Darby - Breitbart Texas editor and chief border reporter
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This week's show will be slightly different from the norm: we'll focus on clips and topics, rather than guests -- and that, hopefully, will mean more input from the callers (unless you are all watching football on opening weekend).
Topics:
- The state of the economy
- The fight against crime
- The midterm election fight
- The struggle for peace between Russia and Ukraine
- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
