Posted on: August 5th, 2013

On the first part of this week’s Goldstein on Gelt podcast, Doug meets Jim Jatras, a specialist in international relations and a former State Department official, who explains what FATCA is and why he thinks it’s one of the worst pieces of legislation for American citizens. Can FATCA achieve anything positive, or should it be […]

Posted on: August 1st, 2013

I don’t know that the majority of the Haredi world actually considers memorials to IDF fallen soldiers to be idolatry.

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Posted on: August 1st, 2013

Hollywood blockbuster portrays Israel as a shining example, dedicated to safety, security, and helping other nations in need.

Posted on: August 1st, 2013

Often one spouse accuses the other of being an over-spender. But what exactly is “overspending”? This definition changes from family to family; for one, going out to eat on a weekly basis may be within their means, while even a periodic coffee may be stretching the resources of another couple. So how does a family […]

Posted on: July 31st, 2013

The revision of the DSM that omitted homosexuality was not based on research, nor was much else. It was "political" pressure.

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Posted on: July 31st, 2013

Judges at Jeddah criminal court reportedly dropped the heaviest charge of apostasy - which carries an automatic death sentence.

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Posted on: July 31st, 2013

A mother doesn’t tend to call the man who freed the murderer of her child "Bibi."

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Posted on: July 31st, 2013

The military has grown so large because of preferential tax treatment, subsidized labor, an extra-legal status, and old-boy networks.

Posted on: July 31st, 2013

It's still going on now. The same old courtship that has become the mid-life crisis of the West.

Posted on: July 31st, 2013

Although Palestinians can receive medical treatment in Gaza, many turn to Israeli hospitals for more advanced care.

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Posted on: July 31st, 2013

Ahmadi criticizes Iranian leadership’s view of Israel as “little Satan” to the US’ “big Satan.”

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Posted on: July 31st, 2013

In the second part of our weekly podcast, Nobel Prize winner and Columbia University Professor Edmund S. Phelps returns to Goldstein on Gelt to speak about his new book Mass Flourishing. Find out what makes a country prosper and the role of innovation in its growth. ftp://84.95.247.123/GoG%20shows/2013/072913/INR%20GOLDSTEIN%20ON%20GELT%20PART%202%20072913.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Posted on: July 30th, 2013

The number of actual Palestinian refugees from the Arab-Israeli War, out of the initial 750,000 or so after the war, is estimated to be closer to 30,000.

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Posted on: July 30th, 2013

In 1998 The APA issued a report claiming “that the ‘negative potential’ of adult sex with children was ‘overstated.’"

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Posted on: July 30th, 2013

Sick of the Palestinians displaying their "map of Palestine"? Nothing will enrage them more than this map.

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Posted on: July 30th, 2013

Despite dubious claims to the contrary, Israel has international law on its side.

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Posted on: July 30th, 2013

I've no idea whether to feel offended by the fact that Beck saw fit to spend money on a sample of Hitler's blood.

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Posted on: July 30th, 2013

On this week’s podcast, prosperity and growth are the main themes. In part I, Doug meets Kimberly Foss, president and founder of Empyrion Wealth Management and author of Wealthy by Design, a five-step plan for financial security. Find out why anyone can improve their financial security and not have to rely on an inheritance or […]

Posted on: July 29th, 2013

Netanyahu betrayed the families of the victims of these terrorists, who were shot, burned, stabbed, blown up and beaten to death.

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Posted on: July 29th, 2013

One might say that this is a major achievement by the administration. But one would be wrong.

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