The Student’s Choice: Vote and Win, or Don’t and Lose

By Joshua Lapidus September 24, 2012

Fact: The Democrats’ chances of winning in November if the youth – 18-29-year-olds – don’t turn out in droves are significantly diminished. The question on everyone’s minds until Clinton’s speech the Wednesday of the convention – Who is going to motivate the whippersnappers? Can anyone motivate us? President Obama certainly hasn’t been able to so…

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An Open Thank-You Note to President Clinton

By Ben Sales November 4, 2010

Dear Mr. President, I want to thank you for your column in the New York Times today, on the anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. Your exhortation to “take up the cause for which Yitzhak Rabin gave his life” is as pressing now as it was in 1995, and your grounded determination for peace…

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The Reading List: Gilad Shalit for Marwan Barghouti?

By Ben Sales October 21, 2010

The rumors may be true: The iconic Israeli and Palestinian prisoners may be exchanged for each other. [Forward- JJ Goldberg] Bill Clinton wants Shalit free — and so does the American Task Force on Palestine. [JTA] Back in America, Jews love immigrants, right? Not so fast. [JW] Apparently Harvard is back to rejecting Jews… kind…

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