The Mouse That Roared
2013-03-31 – Does anyone know why North Korea wants to go to war against us? When I was in high school in the mid-60s, I asked a similar question […]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
We Tremble Over Human Sacrifice
2013-03-29 – We have a peculiar Seder in my family. This year at my cousin’s, since our kitchen is still being remodeled. Yes, we do the normal things: the four […]
Equality in the Pursuit of Happiness
2013-03-27 – With the Supreme Court arguments about gay marriage come and gone, I thought I would give you my take on the subject. It comes down to this: I […]
All Who Are Hungry
2013-03-25 – “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” Thus begins the Passover Seder, which is happening this evening in Jewish homes around the world. The invitation is […]
Words Don’t Matter
2013-03-24 – I’m sitting in a waiting room at LAX waiting for my plane back to Chicago. Actually, that’s not true. I’m writing this Friday night and scheduling this to […]
Warm and Sunny
2013-03-22 – I don’t know about March Madness. I’m not a basketball fan. The March madness I know about is the persistence of sub-freezing temperature in Chicago after the first […]
Getting Out of Town
2013-03-20 – Just a short post, as I’m on a plane today, flying to LA to see my mother for a few days. I always get crazed when a trip […]
You Have to Start Somewhere
2013-03-17 – My opinion of the criminal justice system in this country is somewhere lower than whale dung. We send people off to vile prisons for crimes that often victimize […]
What Is Morality?
2013-03-17 – The right wing has realized a weakness in its pro-corporate politics: the old argument that free markets will make you more prosperous doesn’t work with the middle class […]
Out of Spite
2013-03-15 – Every few weeks I see someone post a kinda new-agey advice on Facebook that goes something like this: “If it doesn’t nourish your soul, get rid of it.” […]
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