One might understand why the White House, under either party, might find that it has to change the planned time for events like the White House press briefing. Things change; reactions must adjust.
But the Biden administration's press briefings, at least at the White House, are almost never on time -- neither under Jen Psaki, nor under Karine Jean-Pierre. They are often more than half an hour late.
The reason? Punctuality is not a priority for Democrats in office. Recall that George W. Bush used to start his workday at something like 7 a.m., but Obama would reportedly stroll in after 9 a.m.
The point of holding office, for Democrats, is not to get things done -- which is understood by the media, which rarely holds them accountable for anything they have done or (more often) failed to do.
The point is to take the "right" positions , and to increase the power of the government and make sure your party continues to run it. You don't have to show up on time for that; it may be better if you don't.
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 ...
