Sex Ed 101: What is the meaning of consent?

What is the meaning of consent? The short answer to what is the meaning of consent? It means saying Yes-verbally and/or with gestures. Now, one would expect that 13 year-olds would know the meaning of YES as well as the meaning of NO.  Hard to believe in the 21st...

Obama, Eichmann and the Banality of Evil

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Two years ago Adelle Biton was hit by a rock when the family car was attacked outside of Ariel in Samaria by Arab terrorists....

Fear of Christians-sadly in the DNA

I remember while growing up hearing stories about churches. Don’t go in them. Just walk by and turn  away. Turn your head away and spit. What did I know? I do know, now, but I still love churches.And I enjoy my time with my Christian friends and family....

Intolerance in the DNA

“While Christianity fought against its inner evil, removing it from its soul, Islam has not.” President Barak Obama spoke of intolerance at the National Prayer Breakfast February 5. He fears a backlash toward the more than 1.5 billion Muslims in the world...

No Signs of Life

No Signs of Life   Many years ago I visited a patient on my unit whom I had been told was in serious condition and the medical team which included social workers, was trying to decide how to handle her case.  She did not appear to have any friends or family....