Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
My Close Encounter with Coronavirus
As far as we know, the person who attended CPAC after becoming infected with Coronavirus passed his infection to no one while he was there. It nonetheless made for interesting times — for Senator Ted Cruz, who went into self-quarantine, and for… me.
The Real Threat to Our Democracy During Coronavirus
This coronavirus first appeared in November 2019. By December 31, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan knew about it and were on alert. Singapore knew on January 4. South Korea on January 8. By January 9 the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control were onto it. But the media was obsessed at the time with the nonsensical still-born Pelos impeachment.
Gantz refuses to grasp new reality
Unlike the baseball movie with its famous meme “If you build it, they will come,” Gantz will find that he cannot build a government, and they will not come.
Coronavirus and Trump’s Wars on Open Borders, Chinese Trade Practices, and California Homelessness
I don’t know whether the Trump administration has done the world’s best job in responding to the coronavirus. Who in the world knows? Shall we assume that everyone in the governments of South Korea, Italy, and other civilized free countries that have been impacted is a fool? Maybe so. Maybe not.
Rabbi Mike Moskowitz: Enough Already
Moskowitz painfully distorts biblical verses and denies crystal clear halachic rules so as to effectively justify homosexual activity and gay pride, while labeling critics as “homophobes.” He then conflates having homosexual desires with acting upon them and proudly advertising one’s homosexual inclinations.
Lieberman has only one goal: To unseat Netanyahu
It seems increasingly clear, for those who read between the lines of Avigdor Lieberman’s words, that he and his Yisrael Beytenu party will leave the religious wars for another day if only he can oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now. He wants him out more than anything else in the world, and he may yet get his putsch.
Democrats’ Endless Virtue-Signaling Over Diversity Now Transitions to White Grumpy Old Men
We were told by Democrat Morality Police that the assault and rape claims of a woman — any woman — always must be believed. There is no “he said/she said.” Rather, there is only “he raped/she survived.” There is no salvation, no atonement, no forgiveness for blackface nor for a woman’s rape charge. No exculpation, that is, until the Virginia Democrats realized that, if Northam is removed for blackface, and Fairfax for rape and yet rape again, and Herring for blackface, then the new governor would have to be Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox — a Republican.
For Bernie the Communist, Darkness at Noon as Oil Ain’t the Only Thing That’s Rigged
The party is over, Boinie. The communist party. But don’t fret; you still can celebrate anniversaries with Jane in Cuba or, at least for now, in Venezuela. We have had communists run in the past, but they used to run on their own communist party ticket.
And Then There Were Four
It amazes in retrospect that there exist egos so overblown and unwieldy that they have the temerity to think themselves capable, or even worthy, of leading the greatest country on Earth, the most powerful, the most generous. Whence do they get that craziness?
Pro-Choice, or Pro-Infanticide?
Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would protect the life of an infant born after a failed abortion procedure. Is this what they mean by “pro-choice”?