SYNOPSIS: Freedom for Security should be viewed more broadly than in terms of an exchange involving civil liberties. In today’s society, the tradeoff of the overarching value of Convenience for Security is the most relevant yardstick involving what we popularly
Where do I start? I just returned from a dozen country, 30 day journey to talk to people, hear their views, try to get answers to questions and report back to you. Following this visit to Europe and the Middle
I think I am about to clean up here with just 12 days to go. Now the people that wanted to bet me bibi would win are refusing to take bets. As i forecast in my 60 day futures, barak is
Family Thoughts. We recently finished our Family Weekend in the Country Dacha Ritual. That means 16 of us in a 5 bedroom cottage getting through a weekend which was the product of intense negotiation that somehow we will forget within
This week we read that Mexico is in mourning after having lost to the US in World Cup Soccer. They shouldn’t compare this with the loss of Texas – nobody here could care less that we won. The games weren’t
Take this article to the bathroom because it isn’t short; neither is the situation simple. I know that many people are very upset. I have tried to take this into account but I am still going to call this one
New York, New York: The New York Times reports a Catholic youth league basketball team forfeited a game because the whole team was attending the coach’s son’s Bar Mitzvah…I hear Al Gore is volunteering to be Argentina’s next president; if
A few travel ideas and late notes from London…A few additions to the packing list: A small container with a twist-lock top to hold shampoo and other liquids (usually used for pills). Too often the shampoo bottle leaks in the
Today I saw The Producers. This is the hottest ticket in New York City starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane; it costs $480 to get a ticket from the theater if you don’t go through scalpers or get on a
Letter From New York I guess we’re getting back to normal. We can get back to hating each other now. So said a cartoon last week in the New Yorker. The radical Black Moslems are back on my corner making
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