I never thought I would write a blog on a house-keeping topic, but here I am doing it. When I have a cold cereal like rice crispies or corn flakes or their equivalent, I always add a fruit. The trouble is I do not have the same breakfast every morning and if I had bought Continue Reading
Picture this. You won`t believe what I did the other afternoon. I took out the wife of my Physical Education teacher at Harbord collegiate for lunch. She is over 90 and we had a great time talking about old times at my beloved high school. All was different for the teaching profession in the 40`s when I Continue Reading
Fighting terrorism with democratic principles will not lead to quick wins.Don`t get me wrong, I do not want the western world to fight terrorism by giving up our sacred principles and civil rights, but I want to show how at this point in our history, with ISIS and Al Queda declaring war on our democracies, being Continue Reading
It sounds ridiculous that a Jewish person as I am , would be against a Jew being the president of the U.S., the most powerful man in the world. And that’s the problem. It would bring all the anti-Semites and the quasi anti-Semites out of the wood work. Without Sanders in the presidency, we have Continue Reading
The year is 1915 . One hundred years ago What a difference a century makes! The average life-expectancy for men was 47 years Fuel for cars was sold in drug stores Only 14% of homes had a bathtub Only 8% of homes had a telephone The maximum speed in most cities was 10 mph Continue Reading
The bastion of free speech is the university and it seems to work for all except Jews. Recently , a rhetoric and composition professor at Oberlin College posted widely anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content on her personal Facebook page. She came up with ridiculous accusations that Mossad was the perpetrator of the Charlie Hebdo slaughter in France, Continue Reading