OJ Served Way Too Much Time
2017-07-20 – OJ served way too much time. I’m not saying the OJ is a good guy. It’s not just OJ. It’s most of the folks we have locked up. […]
Tag Archives: Religion
Every Day Is Opposite Day! (No it Isn’t!)
2017-07-06 – I was doing research for a different topic today and ran across a post from a couple years ago that I thought was worth looking at again. […]
Letting the No-Goodniks Take Over
2016-06-26 – Not really crazy about writing today. The “other side” is up to their usual no-goodness. And “my side” is up to no-goodness, as well. Also, as usual, the […]
College Graduations Remind Me of Yom Kippur
2015-05-15 – College graduations remind me of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement—a big crowd and a long ceremony devoted to examining your life. You’re probably a little hungry, […]
Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty—or Just the Opposite
2017-05-08 – Last Thursday, the president signed an executive order “Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty.” Like most of what comes out of the White House these days, the hype […]
Pharaoh Was Warned, Given an Explanation. Nevertheless . . .
2017-03-20 – Today is the first day of spring. Three weeks from today my family and Jews around the world will be celebrating the spring festival Passover (פסח – Pesach). […]
Judeo-Christian Doesn’t Include Jews, Apparently
2017-03-02 – When the religious right in this country wants to appear inclusive and ecumenical they use a peculiar term: Judeo-Christian. I’ve always thought this was a peculiar term, kinda […]
“Normalizing” Reason and Compassion
2016-12-01 – You’ve probably seen a lot of talk (especially if you are in the liberal bubble) about “normalizing” Donald Trump or not normalizing him—take your pick. (Here’s one example […]
The Sounds of the Shofar: T’kia Sh’varim T’ru . . . T’ru . . . Trump
2016-10-03 – Here’s to a good year! – לשנה טובה – L’shanah tova! Today is Rosh Hashanah (Jewish new year), the beginning of the 10 days of awe that will […]
Comforting the Afflicted
2016-06-30 – Here’s an interesting saying: The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. If you want to look up the source, here’s a […]
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