My wife and I have just returned from an amazing visit to Israel. One feature of the population stuck out, delighting us both. While Israel has many unique facets, in one way we felt that we had stepped into a time warp, beaming us back to healthier days in the United States. Regardless of actual...
A story from ancient Jewish wisdom tells of a traveller who came across an elderly man planting a carob tree. Since carob trees can take more than twenty years to bear fruit, the passer-by suggested that the man’s work was pointless; he would no longer be there to enjoy the tree’s fruit. The older man...
1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were described as loners… 2007: At Virginia Tech, Cho Seung-Hui presented a chilling portrait of a 23-year-old loner 2010: The man accused of shooting two children at a Carlsbad elementary school was described by neighbors Saturday as a loner… 2011: Brazilian school shooter, Menezes de Oliveira, described as...
A headline from the Wall Street Journal, “Innovation in Health Care” report reads: Government Role in Fighting Loneliness. More accurate would be: Government Role Over the Years in Causing Loneliness. So many government policies have been factors in breaking up families, reducing the need for belonging to churches and social groups, and making people think …
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