Personal Posts
“Whether the stone hits the pitcher, or the pitcher hits the stone, it’s bad for the pitcher.” Man of La Mancha I have been thinking about the political adage: “It’s not the revenue, it’s the spending”. The more I look at that statement, the more I have trouble...
The worst legacy of Mr. Trump is his statement to the world that the American System does not work. He has shown that our system permits a President to renege on the word of previous Presidents, himself included. Treaties signed can be revoked. Trade deals like the...
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law. This principle...
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. “Black” does not mean that day is bad; quite the contrary, the “Black” refers to the traditional understanding that on that day retailers begin to make a profit for the year, i.e., that the ledgers for a retailer turn from...
(this post was inspired by my wife, Amie, who is often much smarter than me.) In 1994, Russia, the US, Ukraine and the UK signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances. France and China signed identical agreements in separate documents. Identical agreements...
I want to make my position clear. And I think that in specifics, you will agree with me. DIVERSITY When my children went to school, I wanted them to be exposed to a variety of children. I did not want them to go to school with only Jewish kids, I wanted them to have...
To all my brothers and sisters: First, Happy New Year to you and your entire family. I have listened to the same reading from the Torah on Rosh Hashanah every year, but I never felt that the interpretation of the “Binding of Issac” rang true for me. Here are my...
What a dangerous topic to write about! Those of you who already knew I was crazy will not be surprised, those of you who didn’t know, but suspected may not be convinced. I understand the emotions on both sides of this issue and the difficulty we all have in...