The Jewish people will never again be the same—which is ironic given that the trademark on “Never Again” belongs to them. Jew-hatred is everlasting and prone to repeat performances.

What a difference a change in battlefield priorities, and a steadfast determination to vanquish a deserving enemy, makes. Unlike the slow yearlong quagmire that is Gaza, Israel picked up the pace and is now on a lucky streak in Lebanon. That’s an unfortunate development for Hezbollah. The longtime terrorist group now finds itself in real jeopardy of disappearing as a threat on Israel’s northern border.

IF it were possible to reconvene in the Independence Hall of heaven, I think it is fair to say that America’s Founding Fathers, peering down upon this moment in America—especially our political culture—might gallingly thunder, . . .

Apple’s iPhone 16 went on sale Friday and received an unexpected boost in demand from Islamic terrorists around the world. As Hezbollah disastrously discovered earlier in the week, trying to outsmart Israel by using pagers and walkie-talkies from the Stone Age (their favorite epoch, by the way), believing that such outdated technology made them impervious to Israeli intelligence, was a mistake.

Outrage dissipates with time. Left unattended, and the aggrieved become inured. Allow wrongdoers to go unpunished, and forgiveness is presumed. The once extraordinary, improbably, becomes quite ordinary. The moral universe demands justice, but not in a world of moral ambiguity.

The descendants of Camelot surely have not lived up to their dynastic potential as America’s first political family.

The Democratic Convention was a rapturous success in presenting a political party that really knows how to throw a party. With unity, enthusiasm and, of course, “joy” in abundance, it proved that a presidential candidate doesn’t have to survive an assassination attempt to inspire a pep-rally atmosphere with plenty of its own “fight!”

Antisemitism is headed back to school. The summer recess was well spent, with Middle East faculty militarizing their lesson plans and pro-Hamas coffers re-supplied by Qatar and Iran. Students have been practicing their anti-American, anti-Israel, antisemitic slogans. There are so many to learn nowadays, and being out-of-sync is uncool. Many took time away for intensive flag-burning weekend retreats.

Don’t thank me just yet, Diaspora Jews, but I took the liberty of scoping out a possible safe haven — given how inhospitable, and unlivable, many Western countries have become.

Let’s revisit identity politics again, shall we? I thought the idea was that one must represent one’s identity in all things, be recognized for that identity, and respect the differences among all identifiable groups. It was especially incumbent upon marginalized minorities to participate in this progressively minded brand of politics.

America reached a new low this past week simultaneous with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress. Thousands of pro-Hamas activists rioted outside the Capitol Building and scuffled with the Capital Police.

You have to hand it to Democrats: They sure know how to throw a party—for Republicans. All those rockin’ Red-State and MAGA-capped Americans were the life of their own party in Milwaukee at their National Convention.

Rome is burning, the deck chairs on the Titanic have long toppled into icy waters, and the emperors of the world are standing before their people stark naked.

Congratulations, America. We just concluded yet another birthday not in celebration, but in shame.

There is a certain kind of person for whom “The West Wing” was dramatic television at its finest. It featured sharp, brainy, political dialogue with a cast walking around the White House outwitting one another—not outdoing the other’s wits, but simply being wittier.

We are venturing into very dangerous territory. The utter failure of leadership and the disgraceful disregard of our laws is leading some to take matters into their own hands. Others will follow. They will have no choice. The moral universe will demand it.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s not as if the news of the day doesn’t already fill us with dire premonitions. Doomsday scenarios are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Hand-wringing has been elevated to an Olympic sport.

“Bring Them Home!”

As slogans go, that’s a pretty good one.

Perhaps I heard it wrong. But I could swear that President Joe Biden just delivered a televised address at the White House about the war in Gaza. (Note, no matter how loud it is shouted by well-meaning ignorant people, or Jew-haters who side with savages, there is no “genocide” in Gaza.)

Middle East heat indices aside, the truest hot spot on the planet is, always, wherever the Israeli Defense Forces happens to be killing Muslims, no matter the reason.