Barack Obama was never going to be a champion of civil liberties; he leads a very old and quickly growing strain of the Democratic Party that prioritizes the collective good over individual rights.

The sociologist and polymath, who died last month at age 94, grew up on a cooperative farm and fought with the Palmach. (JTA) — “Although I was born in Germany, my formative years were spent in the ...

Amitai Etzioni, an American Israeli sociologist who served as a senior policy adviser to the Carter White House, taught at George Washington University and championed the virtues of bedrock ...

JTA — “Although I was born in Germany, my formative years were spent in the early, idealistic days of the cooperative Jewish settlements, in pre-Israel, Palestine,” wrote Amitai Etzioni in his 2003 ...

This penetrating account of the Singapore model by a senior Singaporean sociologist explains both why the model works and why it is not transferable to other countries. Chua describes the government’s ...

A sociologist, he advised U.S. presidents and other Western leaders while fathering communitarianism, a political middle ground between the left and the right. By Robert D. McFadden Amitai Etzioni, ...

The University of Notre Dame has a journal, Church Life, that was recently called to me attention and which is worth paying attention to. Here is a link to an article by Robert Christian entitled, ...

Congratulations! I saw the book.” Opalaba announced his New Year entrance into my world even before his usual boisterous “Happy New Year” greeting. “Happy New Year! Old Chum”, I replied. “But what ...

Amitai Etzioni, a German-born Israeli-American sociologist who founded the Communitarian Network, wrote in his memoir about how his youth in Israel helped develop his social theories. “Although I was ...