From the NY Times comes a reminder that it’s Sputnik’s birthday soon. The article begins begins like this: Fifty years ago, before most people living today were born… Ouch. I, of course, remember (if only vaguely) the news of Sputnik’s … Continue reading →
When I was very young, safe in bed with the usual flu or the occasional chicken pox or other standard childhood disease, I would dread the doctor’s tread on the stairs and the opening of his little black bag, which … Continue reading →
Zebulon Simentov has the dubious honor of being the very last Jew in Afghanistan. He tends the near-empty synagogue in Kabul, and slaughters his own kosher meat, and otherwise is indistinguishable from his neighbors, who seem uniformly friendly to him. … Continue reading →
Now that fall is here, I’ve had some inquiries about whether the Sanity Squad is planning to return. I’m pleased to report that yes, the plan is that next week we’ll appear once again courtesy of Pajamas Media.
Continue reading →Mary Mapes is back. Remember her? She had her fifteen minutes of fame—in her case, unwanted notoriety—as one of the 60 Minutes producers who worked on the program featuring the obviously forged Killian memos. In this extraordinary document, Mapes is … Continue reading →
..and they don’t grind all that fine, either. But grind they do. Regular readers of this blog may remember that about a year ago I had the exciting opportunity of traveling to Paris to cover one of the France2 defamation … Continue reading →
Speculation on what was behind Israel’s Sept. 6 airstrike in Syria.
Continue reading →The antiwar faction of the Democratic Party seems troubled. How, when things looked so bright back in November of last year, could it have all gone so horribly wrong? It’s not that they’re about to give up pressuring those swing … Continue reading →
When I began my blog, I knew I wanted to specialize in trying to explain how change of mind—especially in the political sense—happens. I’ve written here how therapy involves change on three dimensions—mind, emotions, and action—and how intervention on any … Continue reading →
This lengthy NY Times piece about the unexpected fallout from the ability to perform genetic testing and get information on susceptibility to certain diseases describes the dilemma faced by unmarried and childless 33-year-old Deborah Lindner in weighing her options after … Continue reading →
Georgia will be sending 1200 troops to Iraq to patrol the border with Iran to beef up the effort to keep weapons out. No, not that Georgia. This Georgia: This makes it the third largest coalition force there, after the … Continue reading →
I lost my eyeglasses back in July, but since I only use them for night driving I can get by okay without them. And so, in all the flurry and brouhaha around my move, I’d neglected to replace them till … Continue reading →