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With reactors at the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear plant in danger of a meltdown, the world waits with bated breath for the outcome. Interestingly, physicists, the people who typically know the most about nuclear reactions, appear to be less concerned than the general public. This should be a time for the …

Against the backdrop of an Israeli strike against terrorists in Gaza whose comrades had targeted a missile against a school bus across the border carrying Jewish kids, Israel’s President Shimon Peres is urging U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to void the libelous Goldstone Report.( Please see Simon Wiesenthal Center …

As much as I respect Gallup and their polling prowess, I am skeptical of their recent poll which finds that for the first time a majority of Americans support legalizing same-sex “marriage.” The supporters of allowing same-sex marriage are certainly loud at times but as I see it they are …

File this one under Hope Springs Eternal. Or maybe under the Definition of Insanity. With Republicans in Congress planning a series of votes to repeal the federal health care takeover, some Democrats see the clash as a fresh chance to convince the public that Obamacare is really on their side. …

Editor’s note: Ellen Ratner wrote this op-ed for Fox News Opinion while working for a week in December with Christian Solidarity International as a volunteer in Southern Sudan. In the mental health field there is a term used by professionals called “word salad.” It refers to the seemingly rambling and …

There is no good reason at law or otherwise not to allow the steel beam in the shape of a cross to be placed in the museum at Ground Zero. I speak as a member of the New York Bar, a Jew and a family member of a Nephew a …

Imagine for a second, the Denver Broncos quarterback is a devout follower of Islam, sincere and principled in his beliefs and thus bowed toward Mecca to celebrate touchdowns. Now imagine if Detroit Lions player Stephen Tulluch and Tony Scheffler mockingly bowed toward Mecca, too, after tackling him for a loss …

Lindsay Lohan’s 90-day sentence is a perfect example of how messed up and ridiculous our criminal justice system is. All of the available research on alcoholism shows that it is a disease. Locking someone up in jail, not allowing them access to other inmates and not providing treatment has been …

Credit or debit? This might be the last Christmas you get to make that choice. Under new proposed regulations released by the Federal Reserve pursuant to the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill. The check-out process generally goes so smoothly that we don’t even think about it, but these regulations could create …

Lost amid the hand-wringing over Israel’s botched flotilla raid last month and speculation about the diplomatic fallout for the Jewish state has been perhaps the most significant development, namely the resurgence of Hamas. On political and financial life support not even a month ago, Hamas has become the face of …