2016-03-19 18:53
I recently read the long and depressing book Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder. The book dealt with the horrors inflicted by both Hitler and Stalin, from the ear… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
With the furor over her advertising and use of the term "blood libel," Sarah Palin has entered the realm of master hypnotist and mind controller. Her every utterance provokes cries of alarum… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
To see an elected representative who is זרע ישראל shot is a horrible experience. One can only hope that Gabrielle Giffords will survive and li… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This has been the year of Facebook, both the site, the movie and for me personally, as it has become for me a primary place to post ideas and links and get feedback. Even better, to get inst… Read More
2010-12-30 04:28
For the first time since the fall of the Nazis it has become acceptable, in large parts of German society, to openly criticize another ethnic group. The target of this criticism is the count… Read More
2010-12-27 00:53
This Dodge Challenger ad debuted over the summer with some connection to the UK-US World Cup game, but I only saw it today during football games. Dodge must really like it, but I found it to… Read More
2010-11-28 22:16
I play many roles in life, but crazed holiday shopper is not one of them. Being Jewish and from a small family helps me step aside from the mass culture. The distance is probably healthy bec… Read More
2010-11-28 20:06
Although I know that Frank Rich and I don't share the same הַשׁקַפָה (hashkafa: worldview, or perspective), I read his Sunday opinion pi… Read More
2010-10-24 18:26
I had a great dining experience recently and wanted to give the place a plug. I'm no critic, but I know what I like. A year ago, Jamaica native Michelle Gibson opened Touch of Jamaica Cafe i… Read More
2010-10-05 14:39
I had made a נֶדֶר (neder, or promise) that I wouldn't watch ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour." Not only did I like her predecessor George Stephanopolu… Read More
2010-09-16 03:13
The news that Cuba will lay off 500,000 state workers and enable more private-market opportunities shows that the revolutionary fervor, even when cheered on by American elites, cannot foreve… Read More
2010-09-06 18:52
[In the summer of 1979, between my junior and senior years at Princeton University, I had a plum job as an intern feature writer for Newsday, a major daily based in Garden City, New York. Af… Read More
2010-08-17 11:25
The Sunday, August 15 Real Estate section of the New York Times contained a story about the joys of living in Fair Haven, NJ, under the headline "Small-Town Feel in a Big-Spender Area." What… Read More
2010-08-13 00:18
I was delighted to read this story that an alum of the 2004 group "Communists For Kerry" is now cunningly running for Congress in Florida. If elected, "Comrade Che," a/k/a Jason Sager, can b… Read More
2010-08-11 02:40
Years ago I met a woman on Jdate and something about our communications had an archetypal sound, almost like a cosmic conversation. If aliens came to earth, they could learn so much from rea… Read More
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