OP-ED Articles

• Kamala’s Choice

• The People Versus The US Supreme Court – Who is in Charge?
• The Paradox of War and Peace
• My Travels to October 7th
• The Takeover of America
• Druze, Not Jews – Israel Protects Everyone

• The View from Israel
• Just the Facts

• Repercussions Everywhere
• Talking with High School Sophomores
• Our College Cesspools

• A Friend In Need
• The Eternal Meaning of Passover
• A Lesson From George Washington
• Accountability in War

• Is BiBi, The Donald in Disguise?
• From Enemies to Allies
• Conflicting Considerations
• Difficult To Leave
• A Music Critic I Am Not

• In The Beginning
• What Does From the River to the Sea Mean?

• Deal with the Devil?
• The Roots of Antisemitism
• Curiouser and Curiouser
• Political Survivors
• Watching Old News Reels

• The Politics of Exclusion
• The Loss of My Rabbi, My Friend

• Joseph Goebbels is Back
• Anti-Semitism in America
• Radical Philosophy and Violence
• The Criminal Mind

• Why, Why, Why?
• The Holocaust Continued
• A Cease-Fire is a Win for the Terrorists
• A Short and Readable History of the Jews in the Middle East

• Why Is Everyone Overwhelmed
• Life of a Farmer

• Does “No Labels” Stand Any Chance?
• Fixing the Mess
• Colleges Obliged to Give Refunds
• How President Biden Could Win Another Term
• Taxed to Death
• Why Would Anyone Go To Uman?
• A Forgotten Queen

• Is the United States Supreme Court the Guardian of Individual Rights and Liberties?
• Days of Remembrance, A Worthy Cause
• Medical Malpractice Cases in Pennsylvania

• The Cover-Up is Always Worse than the Crime
• Hypocrisy is the Mother of All Evil
• Hiding Behind the Law

• So What’s Wrong With Old Guys?
• Reasonable Accommodation Denied to Jewish Applicant by Department of Defense
• The Trump Indictment and Objectivity
• Lurching Towards a Deal

• A Visit to the Mall

• Shock at any Age
• Debate Over Separation of Powers
• A Tale of Two Cases
• The Future of World War III

• A Romantic Evening
• Are Colleges, Universities on the Hook When Hazing Crosses the Line
• Challenging Discrimination in America
• Collateral Estoppel, Except Where it Isn’t
• Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes
• The New York Times Stokes Hate
• When Does Hazing Cross the Line

• A Day at the Beach
• As the Votes are Counted
• Geist vs. State Farm The Third Circuit Gets Into the Act

• Gun Control Through Litigation
• Max Bear, The Fighting Bear
• Professionals on Sale
• Who is Taking Advantage of John Fetterman
• Who is to Blame

• Notes from Be’er Yaakov
• The Dark Web and Other Mysteries
• The NY Times Reveals its Bias Once Again
• Will it Work or Backfire

• Hot Coffee Redux
• Is the Electric Car the Future
• Jewish Views on Abortion

• A Woman of Accomplishment
• Mischief in the Middle East

• A Profile in Courage
• Can We Really Respect the Opinion of Others
• Is It Time to Amend the Constitution of the United States
• Three Lawyer Amigos, Sort Of
• United States Supreme Court Strikes a Blow Against Arbitration

• Are Electric Vehicle Subsidities the Way to Go
• Hatred in the College Classroom
• Killers on the Loose
• So You Think You Have Problems
• Sunday Sabbath Observers Lose in Court

• A Lobbyist with Integrity Previc
• A Reluctant Teacher
• Challenging the Brain
• Justice Kavanaugh for the Defense!

• In the Vice Grip
• Protecting Patients from Disclosure of Mental Health Issues
• What do Will Smith and Vladimir Putin Have in Common

• A Bad Round of Golf
• A Bisela Menschkeit
• For Jewish Publication Justice Wecht
• Holocaust Reflections
• Is It Time to Amend the Constitution of the United States
• New American Ambassador to Israel Tries to Schmooze It
• Sitting at the Food Court
• Unholy Alliance with Russia Unravels

• At the Crossroads
• COVID in the Courts
• Knowing The Rules
• Legislation is Political Fodder
• Of Heroes and Unity
• Respect for Historians
• Stepping Forward or Backward
• The Fall of Democracy
• The Intersection of Civil Rights and Torts
• The Law of Unintended Consequences

• In Charge
• Role Of The Private-Sector
• Who Is Minding The Internal Imaginations Of Political Parties

• Maybe Young People Really Do Care
• The Razor’s Edge
• The War Against Ourselves
• Eternal Questions

• Breaking The Hold Of Massive Internet Companies
• Old Precedent Is Alive And Kicking
• The Face Of Facebook
• Ships Passing In The Night
• Therapy By Dog

• Covid 19 And Abortions
• Feeling Their Pain
• My Friend Mary
• Getting High On Workers Rights

• Critical Race Theory and Confusion
• An Old Debate Warmed Over
• No Longer A Vast Terra Incognita

• Snapchat from Israel
• Reparations and Rationale
• A Tale of Two Employers

• Negligence in the Sale and Use of Weapons
• Dinnertime Conversation
• The Truth About Gaza
• The Passing of a Great and Dedicated Judge
• Reasonable Medical Opinions

• The War Against Israel
• Poaching Is Not Just About Eggs
• A Tale of Two Americas

• Flying Under the Radar

• COVID-19 and Collateral Profits
• Dr. Seuss is Gornisht
• Why Do Interest Rates Matter?
• The Fake Science of Anthropology

• Mourning a Pure Soul
• Presence at Medical Examination
• The Blues Reparations: Sense or Sensibility?
• The Chusid, the Amishmen, and the Judge
• Justice Wecht Defines an Important Standard Concerning Unfair Trade Practices

• Dinnertime Musings
• A Call to Arms
• Disqualification From Office
• Marvin Staiman
• Is Regulating the Internet Good or Bad In the Long Run?
• Pennsylvania Constitutional Mischief

• COVID-19 and Collateral Profits
• Counting Votes and the Rule of Law
• One People

• What a Tie Election Looks Like
• The End of the Party?
• Sauce for Goose and Gander
• Facts or Philosophy: Which Should Drive Court Decisions?

• Jean Staiman: A Lost Art
• Elections Turn on a Dime
• Joy in Tough Times
• Vitamin Supplements and You
• Desperate Times and Desperate Measures
• PDMP and Social Media Discovery
• Do We Still Live in a Democracy?

• “Nothing New Under The Sun”
• Shame and Pride
• Shooting Man’s Best Friend
• The Bar Room Door Swings Both Ways
• Justice and Judaism

• No End To The Mischief
• Lawsuits And Other Scary Bedtime Stories
• Paving The Way To Hell

• Wolf v. Scarnati
• Civil Liberties: The Delicate Balance
• Bitten By The Federal Tort Claims Act
• Do Foreigners Have Free Speech Rights, Especially When Advocating for Prostitution
• Separation of Powers, or is it Delegation of Powers, is Alive and Well
• Presidential Privacy
• Exploring the Reaches of the First Amendment
• Robocalls Get The Boot
• The 9th of Av, in Modern Terms

• Protesting the Statues

• Sign Of The Times
• Joseph L. Rider
• Flying Under The Radar
• The Limits of the Police Power in Pennsylvania
• The Masked Courtroom

• The Courts and COVID-19
• Passover, Freedom and the Coronavirus
• The View From Afar
• The Trip Home
• The World Without The Usual Stuff

• Thank You Left-Wing Americans
• The Politics of Politics
• Uber Drivers: Who Has the Right to Control?
• Life In The Brave New World
• Distorted view of the First Amendment
• Hero or Coward?

• The Verdict Is In
• Products Liability: The Swinging Pendulum
• Talmudic Discourse in the Federal Courts

• The Jewish Community as a Political Football
• The Promised Land for Cats
• When the Loyal Opposition is not so Loyal
• A Concerned Press
• Arbitration by Hyperlink: Or Not?
• Out With The Old, In With The New
• Social Media: Salvation or Satan?
• Words of Hate
• Are The Times Really Changin’?

• Root Cause Analysis: Why the American Jewish World Seems Disinterested in the Future of Israel

• Celebrating Richard Wagner, the Anti-Semite
• Impeachment as Normal Politics
• Legislative Prayer
• Clifford Rieders Teaches at the Premiere Annual Med Mal Seminar
• The Odd and the Quirky
• What’s New

• The Associated Press Falls Off the Rails
• Israeli Elections for Americans
• “I Am Not a Crook”
• Presentation at Gala Acceptance of Lee Bender Defender of Israel Award
• Survival of Anti-Semitism in the Modern World

• Mar-A-Lagowood Comes to Montoursville
• Leaving the Nest
• A National Day of Mourning
• Is it Time to Amend the Constitution of the United States?
• Clash of Interests Concerning Religion Versus Gay Rights
• Look Who Thinks He Is King of the Jews

• Amazon Gets Bitten
• Control Over Communication
• Cross or Crossroads?
• Will the Moon Excitement Dissipate?

• Edwin Kosik – More than the “Kids for Cash” Judge
• Unanswered Questions in Mitchell vs. Shikora
• The Rockefellers’ Boys Anti-Semitism

• Left Meets Right – An Unholy Alliance
• Keep Democracy Alive!
• The Quirky Pennsylvania Constitution
• Feeding Frenzy Over Impeachment
• Religion Versus Gay Rights: What Do the Courts Have to Say?
• Despicable Times

• The Jewish Dilemma, Or Not?

• How it Feels to be a Political Football
• What the Boeing 737 Max 8 Says About America
• Is George Orwell’s Big Brother Here at Last?

• Public Surveillance in the Age of Big Brother

• Opulent America

• Citizenship by Birth
• Were the Pilgrims Celebrating Sukkot?

• Secrets of Life
• The Triumph of Bigotry
• Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania Creates Mischief

• Rules of Credibility
• Loving America

• Confusion as National Policy

• Is Telling the Truth Good for Patient Safety
• Disorder at the FBI
• When Airport Security is Insecure, Part II

• Is Telling the Truth Good for Patient Safety
• Children as Political Tools
• Stormy Times, Stormy Men
• Losing Focus
• Whose Rights Are Violated?
• Dancing With the Devil
• Free Exercise or Due Process?

• Does the Supreme Court of the United States Protect Terrorists?
• War As Propaganda
• Cry of the Heart
• Separation of Powers

• The Internal Revenue Service Can Help to Prevent Terrorism
• From Memorials to Independence
• Hybrid Thinking and Medical Devices

• Passover and Freedom
• Why Does He Stay in Gaza?

• What Exactly Is “Due Process?”
• A Remarkable Life
• Gerrymandering Elections: Who Has the Right to Decide
• Is it Time to Amend the Constitution

• United Nations Relief and Works Agency: Savior or Demon?
• Gal Gadot: Super Woman or Super Jew?
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency: Savior or Demon?
• Where There Is Smoke, Is There Always Fire?

December 2017

• Nursing Homes Need to Play by the Same Rules
• Is There a Right to Disrupt School Board Meetings?
• Nursing Homes Need to Play by the Same Rules
• The Op-Ed The New York Times Will Not Publish
• “Lefty” Travis A Lawyer’s Life
• The Power of the FBI
• Jerusalem: The Eternal City

November 2017

• Putting Terror Out Of Business

October 2017

• The Hazards of School Sporting Events

September 2017

• Sounding The Shofar
• When the Government Competes With the Private Sector
• When Airport Security is Insecure
• Who’s Pulling the Strings

August 2017

• Pro-Israel and Anti-Semitic at the Same Time
• Shomron and Beyond
• People, Politics and Polarization

July 2017

• More Healthcare Recovery Hurdles
• Home Rule or Politics as Usual
• Money In Healthcare
• Patient Power

June 2017

• The Paris Deal
• Clash of Titanic Egos

April 2017

• Patient Safety in Pennsylvania
• Majority Rules

March 2017

• Déjà Vu All Over Again
• Punitive Damage Discovery Twenty Years After the Adoption of Rule 4003.7

February 2017

• Land of Miracles
• Original Interpretation
• A Shot in the Foot

January 2017

• Democracy in Action
• Memories of Clinton Smith
• The Independent Credo
• The Unspoken Tragedy of History

December 2016

• Can the President Be A Bigot
• Fretting Over the Chinese

November 2016

• The Downfall of Privacy
• The Times They Are a-Changin’

October 2016

• Shabbat: Antique or Advanced?

September 2016

• A Dog’s Life
• Technology and the Rule of Law
• The Passing of Tom Raup

August 2016

• Have Contempt for No One?
• Hypocrisy at the Olympic Games
• Is There a Reason to Vote for Trump?
• The Fall of Great Empires

July 2016

• A Story About Bill Rooney

June 2016

• Gun Control versus ISIS Control?

May 2016

• Can a Family Practice Physician Punt to a Specialist?
• Who is The Lesser Evil?

April 2016

• Sanders and Trump Twin Brothers

March 2016

• The Enemy is Us
• Love is a Partnership

February 2016

• Hollywood in History
• The Passage of Justice Antonin Scalia

January 2016

• The Middle Eastern Pot Boils
• Save Me From Myself

December 2015

• What is Democracy?
• Police Chases and the Constitution

November 2015

• Nation of Refuge
• Allen Ertel: The Passing of a Great Character

October 2015

• Teaching Hatred
• Mighty Oaks from Small Acorns

September 2015

• Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 and Legal Ramifications
• Iran and “The Bomb”

August 2015

• The First Outdoor Mediation in Pennsylvania?
• Donald Trump and the Abortion Bill
• Donald Trump and the Borscht Belt
• Political Correction or Good Manners?

July 2015

• The Iran Quandary

June 2015

• Obergefell v. Hodges; The Constitution in Support of Social Engineering
• Boycotting Israel & Jewish Interests Is And Should Be Illegal

March 2015

• Is The Seventh Amendment To The United States Constitution Guaranteeing The Right To Trial By Jury In Civil Cases Passe?
• The Aftermath
• Dispatch from Israel – The Electoral Process
• Patient Safety; Pennsylvania as the Tail or the Head
• Why I Changed Parties

February 2015

• A Pastor’s Life
• Majority Leader John Boehner Laughs all the way to the Polls
• President Barack Obama’s Letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Letter to President Barack Obama

January 2015

• Traveling with Tradition
• Apologies for Terrorists
• A Tale of Two Rabbis

December 2014

• Can’t Wait for my Cuban Cigars
• Debate on American Healthcare

November 2014

• Thus Sprach the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• The Rise and Future of Rick Mirabito
• The Totality of History
• Arab Death Squads
• As The World Turns

October 2014

• A Woman of Accomplishment
• Malcolm Muir; The Movie
• The Passing of a Consummate Newspaperman
• The Limits to Art

September 2014

• Good Terrorists v. Bad Terrorists

July 2014

• Humanitarian Aid to Terrorists
• Under Fire Again

June 2014

• Bush and Obama – Partners in Failure
• Greecing the Wheels for Prayer
• The Death of a Neighbor

May 2014

• Some Needed Financial Relief for Students

April 2014

• A Glimmer of Hope for Employee Rights
• The Right to Buy Politicians

March 2014

• Let’s Make a Deal
• The American Law Institute Restatement Third Grinds Out Yet More Proposal

January 2013

• Taking My Name In Vain
• Families and Nations

December 2012

• Guns to Protect, or Guns to Kill?
• Guns, Missiles and Culture
• Local Love What You Love About Small-Town PA
• The Usurping Democracy

November 2012

• Angst of a Parent
• Blowing in the Wind
• Okay, Okay, So I Was Wrong
• The End or Beginning of the World

October 2012

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Takes a Crack at the Progeny of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
• Teiku and Political Discourse

August 2012

• I Did It For My Country!
• Man on the Moon
• Rubik’s Cube in the United States Supreme Court
• The Politics of Hurricane Season

July 2012

• Politics as Usual?
• Shall the Good Perish With the Bad?

June 2012

• The Great Disconnect

May 2012

• Medical Malpractice Cases Continue to Disappear
• Dueling Constitutions

April 2012

• Congress Rewrites the American Constitution

March 2012

• Cut Spending or Raise Taxes?
• Guns and the Holocaust

February 2012

• Have We Suffered Enough?
• Venue Wars
• My Government My Boss
• Taking a Look at Cruise Ship Regulations
• The New Nationalism
• Race to the Bottom
• Death of the American Constitution
• Confessions of a Fence Sitter

January 2012

• Stranger in a Strange Land

November 2011

• Who Is Steve Moff?
• Why I Love the Occupy Wall Street Crowd
• Money and Sex
• Right of Passage

September 2011

• Drill (Carefully) Baby, Carefully Drill
• Is Prophecy a Lost Art?
• The Calm Before the Storm
• Constitution Day is About the Rule of Law

May 2011

• Does This Make Sense?

April 2011

• The Right to Aggravate

April 2011

• It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

February 2011

• The Birth of Democracy in the Middle East

January 2011

• Imitation As Flattery

MARCH 2008

• Alexander Hamilton Wins
• Confronting a Clergyman

FEBRUARY 2008

• The Clinton Reprise, Part II

DECEMBER 2007

• Wrong Site Surgery
• Chinese Labor In The American Future?
• Treason; A Presidential Prerogative?

NOVEMBER 2007

• Lawyers Revolting or Revolting Lawyers?

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Scaling the Walls of Justice

AUGUST 2007

• Big Brother or State’s Rights

JUNE 2007

• Supreme Court Conservatives & Big Government
• Democracy Worshiper & Pat Buchanan

MAY 2007

• American Idol for President

APRIL 2007

• Health Grades
• Hip Hop As A Mirror of Our Times
• Major New Research

MAY 2006

• Third Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study
• Patient Safety Authority Annual Report 2005
• Claims, Errors and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation
• Uncle Ernie’s Answer

APRIL 2006

• Oil Imports

DECEMBER 2005

• Our Rights Slipping Away

NOVEMBER 2005

• Revolution

OCTOBER 2005

• Intelligent Design and Intelligent Judging

SEPTEMBER 2005

• The Bible as Law
• Protecting Those Most In Need

AUGUST 2005

• School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins Concludes Cost of Defending Malpractice Claims 0.46 Percent of Total Healthcare Spending
• The Cost of Bad Medicine

JULY 2005

• Supreme Court – Supreme Decisions
• PA Economy League and Medical Malpractice
• The Old Man At The End Of The Dock
• Letter To The Editor: Mona Charen and Trial Lawyers
• Letter To The Editor: In response to Christopher T. Miller
• John Roberts and Big Government
• Medical Malpractice Insurance, An Update

JUNE 2005

• Solomon and The Supreme Court
• Now, the Other Side of the Hospital Move Story
• Rejection of Slots – The Right to Raise Taxes
• Medical Malpractice Law in the United States
• Deep Throat and Me

MAY 2005

• Was World War II Worth It?
• Crime in the Big City
• HealthGrades Quality Study

APRIL 2005

• The Rest of the World Rates Us, But Who Cares?
• Reflections on the Holy Father
• The Rich Get Richer; Much, Much Richer
• Nursing Home Litigation: The Rights of Seniors Slipping Away in their Golden Years
• Discipline of Bad Doctors and Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums
• New Harvard Statistics
• Price Gouging and Inflation

MARCH 2005

• Critical Care Nurses Say: Silence Kills
• If Only The Public Knew
• Flower Children Rule The World
• The Case I Lost

FEB 2005

• The Patriot Act: Sunset on the Law or Sunset on American Civil Liberties?
• From Whom Do Our Kids Learn?
• Health Costs Study Shows Wasted Costs
• Equality for Women Taken for Granted?
• Are we Iraq?