2018-12-15 14:34
Inequality — the cri de coeur of the left. The rich get richer while the poor get . . . actually richer too, in fact, though not as fast. We should stop obsessing enviously that the to… Read More
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2018-12-11 14:26
France is having a meltdown; a toddler’s screaming tantrum, pounding its fists and kicking its legs. Convulsed with truly scary violence around protests against Emmanuel Macron’s… Read More
2018-12-09 13:25
Olga Porterfield, a friend of mine, gave a talk to the Capital District Humanist Society, about Jewish refugees exiting the Soviet Union. She was one of them, at age 20, in 1979.
She began w… Read More
2018-12-06 13:38
Our daughter recommended seeing this Netflix film, “The Discovery.” It starts with scientist Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford) giving a rare interview about his discovery proving th… Read More
2018-12-03 13:25
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” That was a novel’s famous first line. George H.W. Bush was president in just such a foreign country.
It i… Read More
2018-11-30 13:25
For our anniversary we decided on dinner and a movie. After carefully studying reviews of all current offerings, my wife chose The Grinch. (She’s a big Benedict Cumberbatch fan.)*
For… Read More
2018-11-27 15:00
“Republicans must stand up to Trump,” declared the heading on a recent Michael Gerson column.
“How fatuous,” I thought.
Gerson
Gerson is a former Bush 43 speechwriter… Read More
2018-11-24 13:15
My daughter asked my opinion about an essay in the New York Times, by philosophy professor Stephen Asma, titled, “What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t).” (Here’… Read More
2018-11-21 13:36
For a long time we imagined China’s rise would be its growing up — into a mature member of responsible world society. But now that society itself is looking ever more ragged, its… Read More
2018-11-18 15:30
That was the all-caps heading on a blast email, to me and some others, from a Texan acquaintance. He’s pro-Trump and always saying Democrats are commie criminals. This one had the atta… Read More
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