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Cliff Rieders

Cliff Rieders is a board-certified trial advocate in Williamsport, past president of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and a past member of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. None of the opinions expressed necessarily represent the views of these organizations.

A Yemenite family walks through the desert to a reception camp set up by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee near Aden. Nov. 1, 1949. Credit: Zoltan Kluger/Wikimedia Commons.

Hypocrisy is the ‘mother of all evil’

Regardless of the color of one’s skin, lying about others is never morally acceptable, although it may be the political lingua franca of our society.

June 15, 2023

Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and fellow justices arrive for a court hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israel’s debate over the separation of powers

The authority of the Israeli Supreme Court may be somewhat curtailed, but Israel’s robust democracy will survive.

January 30, 2023

“The New York Times” headquarters at night. Credit: Osugi/Shutterstock.

The New York Times stokes Israel-hate

The propaganda organ of the Democratic left is the best friend the Israeli right could have.

December 25, 2022