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In fiction, there is no more “wretched hive of scum and villainy” than the Mos Eisley spaceport. In reality, that title is conferred on the United Nations, which once again singled out the Jewish state for economic annihilation. Their latest salvo came in the form of a blacklist of 112 companies that do business out of Judea and Samaria, for the sole purpose of boycotting those companies.

So far, there have been three primary contests in the 2020 election cycle, and Senator Bernie Sanders, the communist from Vermont, is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. There are probably many around the country who, because of their hatred for President Trump, are rationalizing a vote for Sanders. Needless to say, this would be insanity. Sanders has been on the wrong side of every issue for the last five decades. A Bernie Sanders presidency would be catastrophic.

When acts of anti-Semitism occur, they are usually followed by statements of condemnation, security measures, and policy changes, along with assistance offered to families of the victims and survivors. Reward amounts are offered by law enforcement agencies and community organizations to encourage participation in solving the crime.

Disclaimer: The results printed below are as of midnight Tuesday night. 

Super Tuesday ended with a big night for the Joe Biden campaign, which put him and Sanders very close in the delegate count out of Super Tuesday.

 On Monday, Israel’s voters will go to the polls to choose the leaders who will help shape the future of Israel. While we cannot vote in the Israeli elections, we too have the opportunity to participate in shaping the future of Israel by voting in the elections for the World Zionist Congress, which are already underway and will end on Shushan Purim, Wednesday, March 11. You can vote online at www.ZionistElection.org.

Can the floor of the NYSE really shut down? Volatility is not the word to describe the current market index skydives, but the onset and instability of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has made this an uncertainty of the day. Investors have much anxiety over a global recovery from COVID-19 as its effects will take a significant time to recoup. President Donald Trump’s payroll tax cut for the airline, travel, and cruise line industries was a potential fix, but it certainly falls short. El Al has suspended 80 percent of its workforce with unpaid leave, and the IRS is deliberating extending the April 15 income tax deadline, something previously only done for select areas experiencing a natural disaster. The stock market is not the economy, but recently investors have sold shares and fled to government bonds, gold, and short-term Treasury bills to avoid virus setbacks.