A number of parents sat with their children to watch the first presidential debate of 2020. They hoped to teach their children about the importance of being able to articulate one’s policies, how to carefully frame one’s arguments and what issues affect this great country. That is not exactly the lesson that emerged. The debate...
These past six months, since COVID-19 has dominated the headlines (with no end in sight), we have been called on to adjust, revise and improvise in both our personal and professional lives. Thinking outside the box, hatching new ideas and implementing them has become a necessary tool for survival. Fortunately, there is no shortage of...
I am not knowledgeable enough to weigh in on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legal legacy. I do want to tell you what I think about a number of articles such as the one that appeared in Vogue entitled May Every Woman Find Her Marty Ginsburg. By all accounts, Justice Ginsburg’s marriage reads as a solid love...
In the 10 commandments, it says, “Thou shalt not kill.” So if a police officer shoots a burglar breaking into your home, is God happy or displeased? What about the military whose job it is to kill people? Is God happy or angry? Does it make a difference which army you are in? Is a...
A ‘Your Mother’s Guidance’ post by Rebecca Masinter I have been spending a significant amount of time listening to and speaking with mothers who are trying to determine what is best to do for their children this school year. It is clear to all of us is that this won’t be an easy year, not...
Science doesn’t lie—some scientists do. Up till the 1970s, California was building, cleaning, and maintaining fire breaks around residential communities in forested areas. Fire roads were bulldozed and kept usable for large firefighting equipment. This provided rapid access allowing fires to be fought while they were still small. Going back to Spanish times, controlled burning,...
As we welcome in the year 5781, we pray that the coming year should bring health, prosperity, joy and blessing to each of you and to the world.
These days, it’s pretty difficult to tell what is satire vs. what is news. So, when I read advice in a major publication that anyone interested in law and order should vote for Joe Biden because otherwise the streets would be torn apart by riots, my first response was to chuckle. Then, when I saw...
My husband and I have a very good relationship with the exception of food. I want to make dinner for him. He says I am a good cook and he enjoys my cooking, he just doesn’t happen to be “in the mood” for whatever I happen to have prepared that day. I have begged him...
Have you noticed how politicians in every country, even those only slightly influenced by the teachings of Karl Marx, tend to drive wedges between segments of the electorate? They specialize in fanning the flames of resentment of the poor against the rich. They encourage women to see men as their enemies. And of course they...
