Imagine being falsely accused, your reputation dragged through the mud, and your life turned upside down, all because someone decided to invent a villainous version of you for their own gain. That’s precisely what happened to Barry Honig, mirroring the chilling plot of the movie Gone Girl. In that fictional story, a woman masterfully crafts a false identity to ruin her husband’s life, and the media, along with the public, eagerly buys into the manufactured narrative, convicting him long before any real trial. Barry Honig didn’t vanish, but for seven agonizing years, he watched helplessly as a grotesque caricature of…

For the past year or so, the Pasadena City Council has been caught in a storm of pro-Palestinian activism. Week after week, these activists have gathered, demanding that the city cut ties with companies that do business with Israel. This local push is part of a much larger, organized movement known as Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS), which aims to challenge Israel’s legitimacy and, in the eyes of many, ultimately dismantle it as a Jewish state. The tension has been building, and the City Council now faces a critical decision at its upcoming meeting on May 11th. During these passionate…