Anyone who favors the sensible but elusive two-state solution in the Middle East couldn’t help but be disappointed by recent comments by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. But they should not be surprised, either. In a speech to the Palestinian National...

What did you feel when police finally figured out who knocked over all those headstones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery — and that reportedly the reason was drugs and drink, not anti-Semitism?Relief? When a crime goes unsolved for more than 14 months,...

Just a few months ago, alarm bells were going off around the world amid fear that the United States and North Korea were on a collision course to a catastrophic war.  Kim Jong Un, the erratic dictator of North Korea, appeared hell-bent on developing...

In all the stories about the sorry mess involving Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens – a new felony charge, his upcoming trial involving invasion of privacy, the graphic details given by his former lover – the most telling coverage may be a brief snippet...

In what was clearly designed to be a pre-emptive strike against a devastating enemy, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens went before the media last week just before a House committee released its investigation report (http://bit.ly/Greitens-report) into claims...

The coordinated and precise attack on chemical weapons facilities in Syria brought by the United States and its allies last week was entirely appropriate and brilliantly carried out. Now, the world will watch and wait to see what the next act will bring.President...

Once again, the world is recoiling in disgust and horror at a dastardly chemical weapons attack unleashed on a suburb of Damascus in which scores of civilians, many of them children, died and many others were horribly sickened.After a similar attack a...

In a political atmosphere that continues to generate far more heat than light, voters in the Parkway School District provided welcome relief last week.After a campaign that featured subtle and not-so-subtle code words and undercurrents — a race that...

Once again events in the Middle East are unfolding like the ever shape-shifting sands of the region’s deserts.  Consider these recent events:  • Borrowing a page from the 1973 Yom Kippur attack, Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group that is the de...

Will both sides of the bistate area have a Jewish governor after November?That could be the case after the victory of hotel magnate J.B. Pritzker in last week’s Democratic primary in Illinois. In November, Pritzker will face incumbent Republican Bruce...

For centuries, “Let My People Go” has been the enduring principle of Passover, which commemorates the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. But Passover 5778, which Jews the world over begin observing this weekend, must add a new demand...

Most parents know that when their children want something badly enough, they will do whatever they can to help them get it.Those impulses aren’t always the best, of course. But recent student protests in the St. Louis area and nationwide are terrific...