It has been nearly 70 years since Israel first asked the U.S. to sign a bilateral defense treaty. Ever since then, the idea of a formal security agreement, which requires congressional approval, has resurfaced from time to time, usually around major political or diplomatic events. It has been struck down repeatedly by one side or the other (and, at times, by both), due to an understanding that it does not serve their actual needs. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently floating the idea once again, this time in the context of a possible Israeli-American-Saudi mega-deal to normalize relations between the two Middle Eastern states,…

We are afraid that life will perish while we imagine, we want to live a real day, to get what we wish. At this moment, I recall my past life, and I realize that memory is a river, a river that always runs backwards. There is no doubt that our time today has corrupted the old values     of yesterday, and it is now imperative for people who abound in blame to adhere to the spasm; No matter how coherent one looks, the river of the past returns to wash it away. Memory follows the law of attraction that works on…

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It is now three o'clock in the morning, it is my appointment with God, I did not find anything other than talking to him. It is the hope to raise our calamities as time bares its muscular fangs The timing of things is what gives them great value in our hearts, and it is the one who takes them away. Your arrival now has no value, and we are tired of waiting for a long time. My Lord spoke to me: Say, "Indeed, I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a great day." (13) Say: "I worship…

Last week, West Virginia University (WVU) announced a plan to raze some of its core programs. The public land-grant university intends to eliminate 9 percent of its majors (32 programs total), all of its foreign language programs, and 16 percent of its full-time faculty members (169 in total). The departments targeted for these massive cuts count Truman, Marshall, Fulbright, and Rhodes scholars among their alumni. These cuts were recommended by the consulting firm rpk GROUP, and there’s every reason to believe they’re a trial balloon for doing this elsewhere. Anyone who cares about higher education should be alarmed about what this portends for…