Mark LavieJul 30, 20193 minReally, why do liberals dislike Trump?A few days ago a friend asked me why liberal Democrats dislike President Trump. After all, he said, the US economy is in good shape, unem...
Mark LavieJul 21, 20195 minMoon landing--the veteran and me“Program note”–after my musings as a rookie reporter, read on for a gripping essay by Jim Slade, a friend and colleague, who actually cov...
Mark LavieJul 9, 20192 minAn(other) American medical travestyThe person mentioned in the post below is in his 80s. He's a wonderful guy. When my father was dying, he piled my wife and kids into his ...
Mark LavieJul 3, 20193 minEthiopian-Israeli protests: what did we expect?Like many others, I was caught in a traffic snarl because of the protests by Ethiopian-Israelis, blocking roads after an off-duty Israeli...
Mark LavieJun 24, 20194 minIsrael should help with US Jewish securitySecurity—personal and community-wide—is topmost on the minds of American Jews, after two fatal terror attacks there in the past year. Tha...
Mark LavieApr 10, 20193 minIsrael: Beating a dead Leftist horseIsrael’s electorate has refused to grow up, and its leaders are to blame. They turned the election campaign into a fight of Right against...
Mark LavieMar 29, 20191 minWatch my book launch in Jerusalem!How journalism went off the rails, how Israel went from weak to strong in 46 short years, what Netanyahu did to my business card--if you ...
Mark LavieMar 17, 20191 minAnti-Semitism--Bad, but not that badPresident Trump’s new special envoy warns that anti-Semitism in the US is at its highest level since the Holocaust. He is wrong. He is sc...
Mark LavieMar 4, 20191 minInside "Why Are We Still Afraid?"Listen to this interview on the "Israel Uncensored" podcast with Josh Hasten. He lets me explain the reasons and conclusions behind my bo...
Mark LavieFeb 17, 20191 minFormer PM gets a signed copy!Here's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a signed copy of my book. I know many people have negative feelings about him--mostly becau...
Mark LavieFeb 7, 20191 minWho will Iran's youngsters blame?So the US pullout from the Iran nuclear deal is having its predictable impact: It's making life harder for Iranians. This article shows h...
Mark LavieJan 17, 20193 minWhy is Israel provoking a war with Iran?It’s no secret that Israel has been banging away at Iranian targets in Syria for years. But just as there is a good reason for ambiguity ...
Mark LavieDec 25, 20182 minUS pulling troops out of Syria, Israel shudders-but why?Here’s my answer to the panic-mongers who are warning of everything up to and including the destruction of the Jewish state because of th...
Mark LavieDec 5, 20181 minA first! Dubai's expat Jewish communityThis is amazing…an tiny, active expat Jewish community in Dubai going somewhat public. It signifies the political earthquake rocking the ...
Mark LavieNov 29, 20184 minWhy are we turning our kids into snowflakes?Here’s an article from Scientific American about why today’s youth are so fragile. It covers mental fragility. I’d add another issue–phys...
Mark LavieNov 15, 20184 minThere’s no Gaza solution-we can live with thatIt started like this—a Facebook post from a friend in England, responding to Hamas firing hundreds of rockets at Israel in a single day, ...
