Month: June 2010

Watching the World Cup from South Africa got me reminiscing about the good old days of Apartheid. It’s amazing to see how far South Africa has come in such a short time. When I was in high school, the divestment effort was...

The topic below was originally posted on my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal. If I didn’t care so much, if the stakes for civilization were not so high, if the fate of our ecosystem didn’t hang precariously in the...

For a friend’s local band:

Debating Republicans is a lot like playing tennis against a wall. You hit any shot you want and it comes back “lower taxes.” What to do with the surplus? Lower taxes. What to do about the deficit? Lower taxes....

In an incredible display of ignorance if not crass insensitivity to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, US Senator Chuck Schumer, addressing the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America a few days ago (above), actually...