How's your new year going? Mine is incredible. I mean, really good.
That's not to say the world's in a better place, but I certainly am.
I hope some of my newfound optimism is something you'll enjoy...
Today we're looking ahead to the Iowa caucuses, which take place Monday, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (sort of an odd choice, no?). We'll also look at what's happening in the Middle East -- and how it is affecting politics here in the U.S.A. as we head into the election.
We'll also look at MLK Day and how it intersects some of these themes. In particular, I'm going to play an excerpt from my 2021 book, "The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it)," which I'm busy recording on audiobook. The section I'll play deals with Black Lives Matter and what it can learn from Israel. Yes, you heard that right -- the BLM movement has opposed Israel, but there is actually a lot it can learn.
We'll also talk to John Bryan, who bought a home rumored to have an old Revolutionary War fort inside it. Not only did he discover the fort, but he also restored it. You'll want to hear the amazing story.
Special guests:
Richie Greenberg - on San Francisco calling for a Gaza ceasefire
John Bryan - on restoring a Revolutionary War fort
Frances Martel (tentative) - on the war against the Houthis
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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 ...
