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- "As reservists went to war with expired armor and broken helmets, the Friends of the IDF imploded in allegations of misconduct. But the real scandal was ideological, and rooted in a U.S.-Israel relationship that undermined Israel’s security from within"
- "Republican critics, for their part, do recognize these achievements but argue that Trump’s diplomacy is squandering them"
- "Holocaust memory has grown a little stale these past several years and fatigue has set in"
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Tag Archives: Richard Loeb
PBS airs ‘The Perfect Crime’ about Chicago’s murderous Leopold and Loeb case [VIDEO]
TIMES OF ISRAEL Pair of privileged Jewish teens first used ‘affluenza’ defense in 1924 by Curt Schleier February 8, 2016 …Though press accounts didn’t mention it, [Ethan] Couch wasn’t the first high-profile case to use the “affluenza” defense. That dubious … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Franks, Chicago, Ethan Couch, Nathan Leopold, PBS, Richard Loeb, The Perfect Crime
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The Murder of the Century: Loeb + Leopold
TABLET MAG by Adam Kirsch April 16, 2015 When you think of how many people have died violent deaths in the last 90 years, it’s strange that a single murder from 1924 should still be remembered at all, much less … Continue reading