Occupation: Lawyer Birth: September 1, 1938
All religions and cultures suffer from sources that preach hate against the 'other.' Throughout history some have, tragically, practiced what their s….
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state ins….
The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters ar….
If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defens….
Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern..
I think we're seeing privacy diminish, not by laws... but by young people who don't seem to value their privacy..
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that trut….
I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students away from core v….
To ask about the 'source' of rights or morals assumes an erreous conclusion. To ask about the source of morals is to assume that such a source exists….
The plain message conveyed by the new administration is that George W Bush's America is a Christian nation, and that non-Christians are welcome into ….
Most liberal democracies don't try to figure out what the truth is..
I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world..
Imagine a legal system in which lawyers were equated with the clients they defended and were condemned for representing controversial or despised cli….
I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time..
I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama..
I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters..
I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother if it's an abortion by choice….
When I decide who to vote for as President, I ask myself who will be best for America and for the world. An important component of my answer involves….
My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel..
I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position..
There will never be another Ed Koch. He was an original, but he represented a significant, if shrinking, segment of American Jewry who refused to com….