Joel Furman

February 22, 2006

United States, Israel Must Now Watch Where They Step

By Joel Furman

The Balkan powder keg of today's world, the Middle East, has seemingly inched closer to boom time recently. Iraq shows no signs of quieting down, Iran has become quite the fashionably rogue state under President Mahmoud ...

April 23, 2004

Israel’s Not Going Anywhere

By Joel Furman

It is time for the Palestinian people to finally accept the permanence of an Israeli state. Ever since the British left the area on May 14, 1948, the Palestinians and their Arab neighbors have done everything they can to...

January 28, 2004

Don’t Waste Money on Weed, Make Money With It

By Joel Furman

Last weekend I was watching Sunday night prime time FOX. "The Simpsons", "Malcolm in the Middle" - all that good stuff. Unfortunately I saw a commercial that made think. All I wanted to do was veg out. But no, my brain w...

January 5, 2004

Hey Thieves: Embrace the Karma Payment Plan

By Joel Furman

My computer was stolen. My snazzy Gateway portal to the world was taken from my bedroom during a little shindig - on my birthday, no less - that my roommates and I had.

May 16, 2003

Hard Liquor Content Doesn’t Rate Equally with Wine or Beer

By Joel Furman

Maura O'Brien thinks she knows everything there is to know about alcohol, drugs, and partying, right? Wrong. In O'Brien's effort to clear up misconceptions, she unfortunately perpetuated a myth that I have found to be on...