At a moment when California faces soaring costs, housing shortages, energy challenges, water insecurity and mounting technological competition from China, Ro Khanna chose to travel halfway around the world in pursuit of yet another public confrontation with America鈥檚 closest and best ally in the Middle East.

鈥淐itizen Vigilante鈥� serves as a warning to governments that if they don鈥檛 secure their borders, enforce laws, and protect their most vulnerable, ordinary people will resort to self-help.

The only hope for a better future is to turn the Palestinians away from Hamas and back on the path of building their economy and a democratic society that conceivably could regain the trust of Israelis.

No one else is willing to pay the price except Israel which understands its survival depends on it.

UCLA has an opportunity to become a national model for confronting antisemitism through principled leadership, transparent accountability, and meaningful action.

Moral consistency is not a Republican value or a Democratic value. It is an American value.

If we want to see a less polarized society, both internally and beyond, we must emphatically reject the idea that political alignment is the predominant commonality for friendship.