We have just witnessed hundreds of thousands of youth protesting climate change and demanding radical action to stop the progression of climate warming. It is sad to me to see children scared half to death about the climate. Some psychiatrists …
Israeli Elections
The Israel election looks like a stalemate but it really is not. I will make a prediction. First, as I noted in an earlier post, the basic issue was that the ultra-Orthodox pushed so hard to expand their power and …
Can the Orthodox Jewish Religious Accept the LGBT People?
The weekend Jerusalem Post featured an article with the headline asking if the Orthodox Jewish Community could accept LGBT people and especially young people. It is interesting to note the phrasing. What does acceptance mean? Does it mean tolerance in …
Apocalyptic Times
I recently thought of writing about the danger of a massive human tragedy of enormous scope. I am writing about the potential of acts of war that can bring untold death and destruction. C. E M. Joad was one of …
Should Gentiles Keep The Feasts of Israel?
As we move into the Holiday season, I want to address the issue of Christians keeping the Holy Days. I am not planning on defending my interpretation of the passages that talk about Gentiles keeping the Feasts of Israel, …
Demonizing those who Disagree
I mentioned in my most recent post that General James Mattis wrote an article on the dangers of tribalism and a type of tribal warfare in America. Then more recently Carol Roth, a centrist and independent politically, wrote a very …
Speak Loudly, but Carry a Little Stick
We are soon entering into elections in Israel in just over two weeks. The right of center party of Benjamin Netanyahu is facing off against Blue and White, the centrist party of General Benny Gantz and Yesh Atid leader …
Religion, Patriotism and Family
Many responded with great alarm to a recent survey commissioned by the Wall Street Journal and NBC news. Among people aged 55 and older, nearly 80 percent said that patriotism was very important compared with 42 percent of those aged …
The Controversy Over Israel’s ban of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omer
The Democratic Party is near schizophrenic, having voted with the Republicans against the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction) movement, but then having a fit over the Israel ban of two radical congresswomen. What should be simple was made complex since …
The Great Distopia, Our Cultural Decline
In only a few days terrible news about our cultural drift cames into my purview. I read an article by Daniel Henniger, a great article in the opinion section of the Wall Street Journal on August 8, entitled The Deep …