David P. Goldman

Bloomberg News just reported that the SEC voted 3-2 to sue Goldman Sachs for fraud:April 19 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission split 3-2 along party lines to approve an enforcement case against Goldman Sachs Group Inc., according to two people with knowledge of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Goldman Sachs, colloquially known as the Giant Vampire Squid, may meet the fate that our sages of antiquity predicted for the sea-monster Leviathan:Raba said in the name of R. Yochanan: The Holy One will make a feast for the righteous out of the flesh of Leviathan, and what is left will be . . . . Continue Reading »

India lacks the sort of intense interest that Israel generates in American politics, so it is easy to overlook the damage that the Obama administration has done to our relations with a natural ally that is also the world’s largest democracy, an economic giant and a burgeoning military power. A . . . . Continue Reading »

World Jewish Congress President Ron Lauder blasts American policy towards Israel in a letter published today in major American newspapers. He writes:Mr. President, we are concerned about the dramatic deterioration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Israel.The Israeli housing . . . . Continue Reading »

John Podhoretz excoriated me for a characterization of Barack Obama that has earned wide if not universal acceptance among conservatives. Surely he protests too much. John is a very good journalist; if he had read my essays rather than react to a one-line reference to them in a blog post, I am . . . . Continue Reading »

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John PodhoretzMichael Ledeenandme, here, here and here.“Dergleichen zu widersprechen war ganz unter meiner . . . . Continue Reading »

Three cheers for Ross Douthat’s spirited defense of Benedict XVI as the uncharismatic successor who had to clean a set of messes left by his great predecessor John Paul II is heartening. Douthat writes: . . . the high-flying John Paul let scandals spread beneath his feet, and the . . . . Continue Reading »

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s regrets to Obama’s nuclear disarmament summit next week marks a new phase in the Obamalypse. In fact, it isn’t as new as it seems, for the Obama administration placed an embargo on the export of nuclear reactor parts to Israel from the beginning. . . . . Continue Reading »

This morning I posted an essay on the Jewish webzine Tablet explaining how my neo-conservative friends (and they are my friends) blew it on the Middle East. By promoting nation-building in the Middle East, the Jewish right wing left themselves vulnerable to the “linkage argument” — . . . . Continue Reading »