What happens when we take freedom for granted

Dec 16, 2020 | Ethics, Politics

  What happens when we take freedom for granted? There was a time when many knew the poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller who was in concentration camps from 1937 to 1945, first in Sachsenhausen, then in Dachau. Niemöller had preached against the Nazi...

Misguided Jews hiding in plain sight

Dec 10, 2020 | Politics

  American Progressive Jews remind me of black people who were thrilled if they could pass for white. I understand that desire. Black people were not welcome in the white world. To get ahead, to get anywhere, it was easier if one could “pass.” It appears to me...

Front line medical workers exhausted

Dec 5, 2020 | Ethics, Politics

“We are all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” ~J.K Rowling   I watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. During the pandemic he has introduced us to many “essential” front line health care workers who share their...

Covid’s Privileged Oppressors

Nov 23, 2020 | Politics

  If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.~ Edward Hickson (1803-70)   Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.~ Einstein   Covid’s privileged oppressors are sanctimonious, self-...