I spent the last month serving on a federal grand jury. I am privileged to work for a company which pays my regular wages for the entirety of my grand jury service, so it was not a financial hardship for me. That is not going to be the case for everyone. Even outside of the…
HGTV has shows on opposite ends of the spectrum. I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch them, or I suffer painful cognitive dissonance. Shows like “Love It Or List It” often showcase families who have perfectly roomy houses, but they want houses large enough for every child to have their…
Someone posted this saying on social media today, and it has me feeling “some kind of way”, as they say. When you become lazy it’s disrespectful to those who believe in you. Bottom line, don’t waste your potential. While I agree it would be a shame to waste your potential, I strongly disagree with the…
Rubenstein’s book was an emotionally difficult read. While I agree with his warnings that the crimes committed against humanity during the Holocaust could easily happen again in civilized society (1975:95), and I see the warning signs in America’s current political climate, his causality arguments are a stretch. The arc of the Holocaust (and even of…
I have learned more about the Holocaust via 90 minutes of documentaries (“Night and Fog” by Alain Resnais and “The Holocaust: What the Allies Knew” by Kino Lorber Edu.) and by reading the first chapter of Richard L. Rubenstein’s “The Cunning of History” than I did in 12 years of grade school, 6 years of…
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