Are Limericks Poetry
2013-04-12 – While I’m posting poetry, I thought I’d ask the important question: Are limerick’s poetry? A few years ago I wrote a bunch of limericks. (No, not the type […]
Poetry: Fever Burns
Today I am posting a poem that I wrote a few years ago. If you don’t like poetry, come back Friday. (Or close your eyes and read it!) Fever Burns […]
Holocaust Remembrance
2013-04-08 – When a celebrity dies, they say the deaths come in threes. So you wait. And sure enough, two more die completing the set. It’s not a question of […]
Death of a Child
2013-04-07 – To most people, especially parents, the death of a child is a secret, but ever-present dread. So when I saw the headline that Rick Warren’s 27-year old son […]
At the Music Box
2013-04-05 – I don’t go to movies much. As our boys were growing up, we only went to see kid movies. They don’t need us to take them anymore and […]
Cohorts Not Kids
2013-04-02 – The term for it is “cohort.” We send cohorts through school, not kids. Kids on the leading edge do well, but the further back you are in the […]
Diogenes Day
2013-04-01 – Considering what we see in the media every day, April Fools’ Day has lost its kick. The fools have 365 days, not just one. It’s time to reclaim […]
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 […]
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 […]
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