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 Spectacle of Unsuccessful Politicians at G-8 Brings Summiteering To a Low
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
May 22, 2012
The spectacle of the G-8 leaders in the bucolic verdure of Camp David, as they were strutting in their leisure attire capped by prudent sweaters against any non-fiscal Catoctin chill for photo-ops for those at home, could momentarily disguise what an…
How Benzion Netanyahu Helped Put in the U.N. Charter A Clause That Could Yet Save the Jewish State
By JEROLD AUERBACH, Special to the Sun
May 2, 2012
Benzion Netanyahu, who died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 102, has been widely scrutinzed this week for his myriad contributions to the history of Zionism in Israel and the United States. Yet arguably the most important one has been overlooked…
Of Fatherhood and War: Benzion Netanyahu Doubted His Son Was Tough Enough To Lead the Jewish State
By SETH LIPSKY, From The Wall Street Journal
May 2, 2012
'Can you imagine what it must have been like having him for a father?" asked one of the writers for the Jewish Forward newspaper after an editorial dinner with Benzion Netanyahu. Mr. Netanyahu's son, Benjamin, had recently been elected prime minister…
Fifth Republic in France Teeters in Spectacle of an Astonishing Election
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
April 21, 2012
The simultaneous election campaigns in France and the United States furnish an astonishing spectacle of the limits and hazards of democratic government. The French Fifth Republic, founded by Charles de Gaulle in 1958, is the most successful state in…
House at Hebron Becomes a Case of Dickensian, Even Biblical, Proportions
By JEROLD AUERBACH, Special to the Sun
April 4, 2012
In the ancient city of Hebron, twenty miles south of Jerusalem, the patriarchs and matriarchs of the Jewish people are buried. When Sarah died, according to the biblical narrative, Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite…
Pope’s Visit To Cuba Stirs Hope As Palsy of the Castro Regime Grows More Aggravated
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
March 24, 2012
In regard to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba next week, the official version of events from the Vatican and from the cardinal in Havana, Jaime Ortega y Alamino, is one of uplift and celebration of the Church's progress since the visit of Pope…
Will America Abdicate Its Status as a Great Power?
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
March 8, 2012
The visits to Washington of the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, and, a day later, Prime Minister Netanyahu bring the question of the Iranian nuclear program to a head at last. President Obama came into office encumbered with the sophomoric idea that…
Nephew of Yasser Arafat Surfaces as Aide to Kofi Annan on Road to Damascus
By BENNY AVNI, Special to the Sun
March 6, 2012
UNITED NATIONS — Yasser Arafat’s nephew, Nasser Al-Kidwa, will accompany former Secretary General Kofi Annan, who is scheduled to visit Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus this weekend. Mr. Al-Kidwa’s visit will renew a complex history of relationship between…
America Takes Canada for Granted at Its Peril
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
March 3, 2012
The estimable American military writer Max Boot, a guerrilla-war expert associated with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, wrote in Commentary magazine last month that Canada is a country that most Americans consider a “dull but slavishly…
Sarkozy Shows That Voters Punish Conservatives Who Fail To Deliver
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
May 7, 2012
Six takeaway lessons for Americans from socialist candidate Francois Hollande’s victory in Sunday’s election in France: Growth beats austerity. “Austerity isn’t inevitable. My mission now is to give European construction a growth dimension,” Mr…
Farewell To an American ‘Princess’ Murdered in Syria
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM, Special to the Sun
February 23, 2012
This is a personal tribute to a dear friend and highly respected colleague, Marie Colvin, the Middle East correspondent whose eye patch photos are all over the front pages today after being murdered by the Syrian regime yesterday at Homs. Marie lost…
West Falters in Defense of Christians, Who Are Being Persecuted in 131 Countries
Failure Now Resting Heavily on Would Be Protectors
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
February 8, 2012
Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study last year found that Christians are persecuted in 131 countries containing 70% of the world’s population, out of 197 countries…
A Brilliant Reign Nears Its Diamond Jubilee
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
February 4, 2012
It does not seem like 60 years ago that my late brother said to our half-asleep parents as we departed early for school: “There was a bug in my cereal, and by the way, the King is dead.” A much admired man, only 56, there were some comparisons between…
How the Mufti of Jerusalem Once Impacted America’s Presidential Election — and Could Do So Again
By RAFAEL MEDOFF, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
February 1, 2012
WASHINGTON — A Palestinian mufti has called for violence against Jews, Prime Minister Netanyahu is demanding Palestinian leaders disavow him, and America's presidential race could be affected. That could be the lead sentence of a news report from last…
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