The defining question of our times: Are people no more than sophisticated baboons? Are we the product only of random, materialistic evolution? Why does it matter? Because if the answer is ‘yes’ then whenever men do bad things, they do so only because of genetic imperative or imposed societal influences. It would mean that humans...
On Monday, February 6, some 200 rabbis and rabbinical students protested outside Trump International Hotel in Manhattan. 19 of them blocked traffic and were arrested for disorderly conduct. The group was protesting President Trump’s executive order placing a 90-day hold on immigration from seven countries which lack adequate security programs to vet the peaceful …
Immigration and the Protesting Rabbis Read More »
Michael Novak has gone home to our Father in Heaven. He was a good friend, mentor. I always felt privileged to stand stood shoulder-to-shoulder with him whenever we shared a platform defending God’s plan for human economic interaction. About ten years ago he showed me a book he was working on with his daughter Janna …
Sadly Saying Goodbye to My Friend, the Late Great Michael Novak Read More »
Can a video make you want to cry and cheer at the same time? Well, that was my reaction to this amazing video created by sixteen-year-old Autumn in reaction to a foolish and, dare I say, downright evil, article that ran in Teen Vogue magazine trivializing abortion. In her video, Autumn discusses the idea of...
As a child growing up in South Africa, National Geographic magazine was not just something to pick up idly in the dentist’s waiting room. It was a monthly magic carpet ride that enchanted me so much that a subscription bringing that familiar yellow cover to our mailbox each month was one of my favorite birthday...
Question: your books are very expensive for me to buy as i am currently unemployed is there no other way that i can get hold of your books Desmond Answer: Dear Desmond, We appreciate that you recognize that our books have the potential to help you advance in your financial life. We think there may...
California is only one of many states that have routinely been neglecting infrastructure maintenance for decades. Why? Surely not for lack of money. After all, California has found money for eye-poppingly expensive boondoggles like the bullet-train to nowhere or economically insane wind farms and solar energy experiments outside of Palm Springs. So why no proper …
Governments Can Be As Immoral As Individuals (or even more!) Read More »
I am delighted to share my Musing platform with Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt. You will soon hear more about Rabbi Rosenblatt who we are delighted to welcome as director of the American Alliance of Jews and Christians (AAJC). He shares our passion for and commitment to an America firmly based on Judeo-Christian values. Like us, he...
Question: If God determines our wealth and marriage partner, is there a point to purchasing a book on how to obtain these? Tom P. Answer: Dear Tom, Did you ever watch the 1960s’ TV show Gilligan’s Island? Seven people became castaways when their boat foundered. One of these was known as the Professor. While the...
Imagine a room full of shouting people; walls plastered with large sheets of paper covered with scrawls. What is it? A kindergarten for children with poor social skills? No, it is a typical brainstorming session. Originated in the 1940s by advertising man Alex Osborn, brainstorming with its freewheeling tossing out of ideas and absence of...
