The United States has remarkably finicky voters who crave newness above all else. An old showbiz saying reminds entertainers to “save something for the third act.” [.] Would Trump as a former president be so lucky in 2024? It’s hard to say. But if the past four years taught us anything, it’s this: Nothing is beyond the realm of possibility in the Age of Trump.

…the 2024 Republican nomination is Trump’s if he wants it. He has the most loyal base of any president in modern history and an army of 71 million voters. No sane Republican would challenge him. But if Trump wants to make another run at the White House, how he handles the next few months will be decisive.

Would Trump risk the ignominy of a third presidential campaign in which the majority might reject him? This answer would be moot if he used a 2024 effort to distract from future events (like his legal troubles)… Either way, the Trump ’24 notion could well confer short-term rewards for his wallet and his ego, which, his record suggests, he cannot resist

Will the Biden administration accept the operation, and perhaps other moves, as a fait accompli, or will it at some point decide to remind Israel about the real balance of power? With all due respect to the intelligence and military cooperation between the two countries… Israel does not have equal standing with the United States. It is America that is transferring $3.8 billion in defense assistance to Israel every year, not the other way around.

When president-elect Joe Biden enters office, he will not be able to treat the Iranian nuclear project as “just” another diplomatic issue that can be resolved with a “fair” compromise reached through negotiations.

Biden has already signaled on numerous occasions that he will abide by the tradition that there is only one president in charge at a time. But if Trump decides to dive headfirst into this dangerous conflict, Biden and his new national security team will have to be prepared to face a world of hurt when they step into the White House this January.

Know the audience… Design initiatives for specific niche audiences within the larger younger adult market. Help younger adults build Jewish life for themselves with support and resources that we provide to them. Emphasize blended identity… Be memorable. Work with excellence. Rise above the noise and competition by being outstanding.

Jewish institutions often fail to attract young people because we don’t package Judaism in a way that resonates with them. Like any product, service or idea, Judaism needs to be marketed. We need to reach future generations through creative channels with innovative products so that they, too, may share our love and passion for Judaism.

In 2020, the survival of the Jewish community is still being challenged with the COVID-19 pandemic causing houses of worship and other institutions to bring on-site operations to a temporary halt. Fortunately, social media and online programming have younger generations embracing the ancient religion.

Against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s ascendancy, Vance’s story of his against-the-odds rise from Rust Belt poverty to the Ivy League was oft-cited in a hand-wringing national conversation (or shouting match) about the political establishment vis-a-vis the white working class. It offered a window into a world that most pundits knew nothing about.

the best-selling memoir by J.D. Vance, which was embraced as a crucial guide for understanding the rise of President Trump. What a mistake that was… The Venn diagram that treated “J.D. Vance acquaintance” and “Trump voter” as overlapping categories was always a little tenuous.

Hillbilly Elegy shows the tricky task for Hollywood in trying to surf the political zeitgeist in the age of Trump, where a divided American electorate and a working class that feels alienated from the American Dream defies easy analysis and where a book can seem to capture the spirit of the times one minute only to seem out of touch the next.

The fight for nonhuman rights focuses on the fact that nonhuman animals have their own inherent interests, just as humans do, and calls for these interests to be protected. All of human history, up to and including the present moment, shows that the only way to truly protect human beings’ fundamental interests is to recognize their rights. It’s no different for nonhuman animals.

Many elephants deserve better living conditions, but granting them any level of personhood would potentially create an enormous legal, philosophical and financial mess that might not even succeed at getting elephants better living conditions.

In law, there are only two things an entity can be: It can be either a thing or a person. It’s obvious that intelligent, feeling creatures—and we’re learning that more and more animals are exactly this—are not just things. However, getting courts to recognize them as persons is a heavy lift.

… there are those who believe in its power of inclusion, that the X, rather than marking the spot, maps the intersection of everything we are: Black/White, straight/gay, Anglo/Latino, Eastern/Western and beyond.

This squabbling over terminology and this policing of labels is more damaging than helpful. Furthermore, this rebranding of the Latin American community is more often the purview of white progressive Democrats, and not that of the subject group. I’m finding that many of the Latin Americans I know are confused or even insulted by the term Latinx.

Despite its relative novelty, “Latinx” has taken its place in the long struggle over Latino identity in the United States. Instead of trying to eliminate its use [.] resisters should agree that one term could never encapsulate the vast array of ambitions and identities of the country’s largest minority group. Their diverse policies and political agendas should take center stage, however they define themselves.