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By DANIEL A. BROWN

As Nativity scenes pop up in the center of most American towns this Christmas, it should be remembered that the family of the recipient of such adoration were refugees fleeing certain death. According to the New Testament myth (since discredited by...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

It’s not uncommon for the process of democracy to contain the seeds of its own destruction. It allows the people to freely elect the very person who has vowed to strangle it to death. Past examples are Adolf Hitler’s Reichstag victories in the 1930s...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 As Election Day looms, I feel compelled to write something seeing that Nov. 5 will probably decide the fate of American democracy, although, if Kamala Harris wins, there will be months worth of Republican vote-counting shenanigans (a nice word for...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 I’ve always believed that any politician who uses their faith in God as a campaign tactic should have a bucket of fresh cow manure poured over their heads. There’s something particularly disingenuous, if not outright hypocritical, about sucking votes...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 The night of the recent presidential debate, my relatives decided to watch it together and came over for an early dinner. We sat down to a jolly meal where we, like others around the country, debated playing “Trump Bingo,” each square representing...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 In the spring of 1945, as his “1,000-year” Reich was collapsing, Adolf Hitler issued a draconian order called the “Nero Decree.” In effect, it would utterly destroy Germany’s remaining infrastructures, cities, ports and transportation hubs. The...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 Seeing that the Israelis and the Palestinians are stuck with each other, it’s time for my comprehensive peace plan. None of the following is particularly original or realistic, but it sure beats the endless cycle of fratricidal violence between these...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

 Before the coming presidential election drives us all crazy, let’s take a break and read about something we can all (hopefully) agree on, namely, the Boston Red Sox.This for me is unusual as I grew up in New York City and was 11 years old when the...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

Over the years, I’ve read numerous accusations against Israel, all of which defy reality. According to them, Zionists have committed genocide over the previous century, caused global warming, perpetrated police brutality against African Americans,...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

One thing we Jews have learned from our fraught history is that when someone threatens to kill you, they mean it. History itself teaches that when a psychopathic strongman threatens to establish a vengeful dictatorship, they mean it as well. Donald...

By DANIEL A. BROWN

In 2017, in reaction to the revelations about the sexual misconduct of Harvey Weinstein that led to the creation of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Eve Ensler (“The Vagina Monologues”) wrote the following: “I’m over the passivity of good men....