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EST 1917

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The short answer is, probably not. You might have seen the genealogies circulating on the net – here’s one – claiming she’s a descendant of one Schmuel Sheigam, a Lithuanian Jew. I’ve run the info past folks at the National Archives. A search of immigration records shows no Sheigam – or Sheeran, as the Ellis […]

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The attempt by some Democrats to paint Sarah Palin as a supporter of Pat Buchanan is probably the most baseless political attack in, well…. Weeks. At least since the Obama campaign’s Arab-American outreach director quit because, well, he seems to have done exactly the right thing when he encountered a radical Islamist. More on that […]

Ira Forman, executive direction of the National Jewish Democratic Council, argues that “for a party which claims it is trying to reach out to the Jewish community McCain’s pick is particularly strange.” Here’s the full statement: Today, Senator John McCain made his first critical presidential decision with his selection of his Vice Presidential running mate. […]

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