At a time when politics have become irrelevant, thank goodness for Neo. “The cultural impact was near phenomenal,” said Time magazine of “The Matrix.” When is the last time you heard something like that about domestic policy? Read more...

As if college acceptance based on race and ethnicity isn’t bad enough, now someone is suggesting that character and attitude should be taken into consideration too. Read more...

Once upon a time a bored young shepherd boy decided to play a trick on his little village. He cried, “Wolf! wolf!” and the people of the town rushed to his side, ready to fight off the danger. Read more...

Steinfeld ignores “˜minor’ detail Rebecca Steinfeld’s argument in her submission, “Israeli independence also a Palestinian catastrophe” (May 9), was well presented and thought out, except for one minor detail she based her entire argument on. Yom Haatzma’ut, the Israeli Independence Day, is not a celebration of the victory of the 1948 War. It is a celebration of the creation of the state of Israel. That’s why the day remembered is May 14, 1948 ““ on the Jewish calendar it’s 5 Iyar 1948, and not July 20, 1949. Read more...

The war on terrorism has done some serious collateral damage at home ““ to our public infrastructure and livelihoods, and to our civil liberties and democracy. Read more...

This week marks the 55th anniversary of two momentous historical events: the establishment of the state of Israel and the destruction of Palestinian society, together with the dispossession of the Palestinians. Read more...

Attention Jeffery Zucker, president of NBC entertainment: Can you possibly do any more damage to a network you have already destroyed? Yes, by canceling “Ed,” one of the last charming, witty and intelligent shows on television. Read more...