In 1790 George Washington assured the “Children of the Stock of Abraham” that the newly founded United States of America would be a safe home where “there shall be none to make him afraid.” Drawing on recent statistics indicating an eruption of thousands of anti-Semitic incidents, Jack Fowler in Philanthropy Daily wonders whether American Jews can still feel safe and whether the Founding Fathers’ stirring promise has lapsed.
The War on Alcohol Moves South
Pressure is mounting on the U.S. government to redefine the safe level of alcohol consumption down to zero, reports Christopher Snowdon in The Spectator – and the push is being driven by some of the same researchers who’ve been making life miserable for Canadian social drinkers. As in Canada, they seek to discredit the view that moderate drinking contributes to cardio-vascular health by challenging the famous “J-Curve” which, backed by decades of science, demonstrates that social drinkers are likely to live longer than teetotallers.