Eliyohu Mintz

My Thoughts on Education

Clinton Foundation chief: ‘Most of us’ want to keep Chelsea on board

September 14, 2016

Clinton Foundation President Donna Shalala on Wednesday defended anew the organization’s planned moves to minimize conflicts of interest should Hillary Clinton win the presidential election, even as Chelsea Clinton has vowed to stay put on the board. The “unraveling,” as Shalala previously described it last month to NPR, includes Bill Clinton stepping down from the […]


Emails show Colin Powell unloading on Clinton, Rumsfeld and Trump

September 14, 2016

The newly leaked trove of Colin Powell’s emails offers a rare window into the former secretary of state’s unvarnished, at-times scathing thoughts on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and old political adversaries who served with him in the George W. Bush administration. In conversations with former White House and State Department colleagues, Powell blasted Trump for […]


Poll: Trump passes Clinton in Nevada

September 14, 2016

Donald Trump holds a narrow, 2-point advantage over Hillary Clinton in the battleground state of Nevada, according to a new Monmouth University survey. Trump leads Clinton in the poll, 44 percent to 42 percent, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 8 percent. Three percent of likely voters are undecided, and another 3 percent indicated they would […]


Poll: Trump passes Clinton in Nevada

September 14, 2016

Donald Trump holds a narrow, 2-point advantage over Hillary Clinton in the battleground state of Nevada, according to a new Monmouth University survey. Trump leads Clinton in the poll, 44 percent to 42 percent, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 8 percent. Three percent of likely voters are undecided, and another 3 percent indicated they would […]


Snowden says pardon plea ‘isn’t really about me’

September 14, 2016

Alternating between a personal plea for a pardon and a policy-based argument in favor of protecting the type of whistleblowing that forced him into exile, Edward Snowden said Wednesday that his case “really isn’t about me. It’s about us. It’s about our right to dissent.” “It’s about the kind of country we want to have, […]


Snowden says pardon plea ‘isn’t really about me’

September 14, 2016

Alternating between a personal plea for a pardon and a policy-based argument in favor of protecting the type of whistleblowing that forced him into exile, Edward Snowden said Wednesday that his case “really isn’t about me. It’s about us. It’s about our right to dissent.” “It’s about the kind of country we want to have, […]