Category Archives: New York Times

Yisroel Pensack: Was Colin Powell Equally Wrong About WMD in Iraq and Islam in America?

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Yisroel Pensack

I think that’s a fair question in light of yesterday’s murderous shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, which authorities have attributed to Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old Army psychiatrist who reportedly was about to be deployed to Iraq or … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: The New York Times Reports On Senator’s Aid To An Aide

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Yisroel Pensack

The New York Times is currently running this headline on its home page:  "Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Ethics Flag".  The sentence on the home page under that headline says, "Experts say Senator John Ensign may have violated ethics laws … Continue reading →

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Yisroel Pensack: The New York Times Shows Uncanny Timing With Sunday Travel Story On Mountain Climbing In The Himalayas

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Yisroel Pensack

"It was 4 a.m. in mid-November, and I was stretching in a lodge in Thorong Phedi, Nepal, at 14,500 feet, trying to pump warmth back into my body and get rid of a throbbing headache brought on by dehydration and … Continue reading →

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Using Keynes As A Crutch (get it?)

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Yisroel Pensack

In a long piece in The New York Times Magazine called "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?", Nobel Prize-winning economist and Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman tries to "explain" the current crash without analyzing the macroeconomic impact of land … Continue reading →

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The Sy Empire

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

Zev Chafets writes in the New York Times: …The Edict intended to close that loophole. It proclaimed, “No male or female member of our community has the right to intermarry with non-Jews; this law covers conversion, which we consider to … Continue reading →

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