HAPPY PASSOVER AND LOVE THE IMMIGRANT
Happy Passover! As is our custom, I share with you the timeless teachings of Leviticus 19:33-34, which has guided the Jewish People for over four thousand years. It may not be the message you hear from others, but it is our message and what we live by. Today it is more important than ever that our […]
TWENTY YEARS AFTER WE WENT TO WAR IN IRAQ, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
Twenty years after our ill-fated decision to go to war in Iraq, Yahoo News noted the anniversary. It got me thinking about whether our current strategy in Ukraine is qualitatively different, and whether we have learned from the disasters in prior wars. I conclude that we have and what we are doing is both necessary […]
RIGHT WING ISOLATIONISM IS NOTHING NEW
RIGHT WING ISOLATIONISM IS NOTHING NEW When WWII broke out, there were a group of Americans determined to prevent any American assistance to the Allies. The membership was almost exclusively right wing Republicans, with a sprinkling of conservative Democrats and […]
EVEN TRUMP DOESN’T DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY-LOCKING HIM UP FOREVER IS JUSTICE
Click here to read about former CIA Director Michael Hayden’s suggestion that Trump face the death penalty. I must disagree; I’ve been opposed to capital punishment my entire life, and tempting as it may be, am not inclined to carve out an exception for Donald Trump. We’ll have to settle for life imprisonment with, most […]
TIME TO REPEAL THE SECOND AMENDMENT-JUSTICE STEVENS WAS RIGHT
Justice John Paul Stevens was a Republican appointed to the Court in 1975 by President Gerald Ford. He served for thirty five years, until 2010. In 2018, eight years after his retirement, the ninety year old moderate wrote an op ed piece in the New York Times calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment. […]
LIZ CHENEY, PROFILE IN COURAGE AND INDEPENDENCE DAY HERO
This is what I call a Profile in Courage. A rock-ribbed Republican conservative explains to her constituents what the Constitution really means and vows to always put the Constitution and the country above her party. Any Republican fool can get up in front of a bunch of Trump cultists and repeat the Big Lie, as […]
NADLER & MALONEY: TIME FOR THE DINOSAURS TO LEAVE.
Gerald Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, two veteran Democratic Congressional Representatives from NewYork City, face each other in a primary caused by redistricting. Is this race really necessary? Click here to read a Yahoo News article about this race. Then check out my thoughts below. Representatives Carolyn Maloney & Gerald Nadler. Courtesy of Yahoo News. I […]
REPUBLICAN LEADERS NEED TO STOP THE REPLACEMENT THEORY LIE
If there’s anyone who still doesn’t know what it is, “The Great Replacement Theory” is the current iteration of long-standing antisemitic right wing conspiracy lie. Replacement Theory advocates claim that a diabolical group is secretly working to sneak in non-white immigrants to displace white people and take over America. That group, of course, is the […]
ONLY TRAITOROUS AMERICANS SUPPORT PUTIN’S INVASION
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine Flag of independent Ukraine I can understand Americans don’t want war with Russia and they don’t want American troops in combat. I certainly feel that way, and there are other paths open to combat Putin. But what I cannot understand are those Americans who cheer on Putin and think we should […]
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, BUT WEED ALSO HELPS
Israel’s experiment in socialism has been in deep trouble as the country moved from a developing agricultural society into a powerful force in the digital revolution, energy, intelligence gathering and security. Fortunately, medical marijuana saved the day for them and for the many patients achieving positive results. This also lays to rest the notion that […]