Incentivizing the donation of a part of one’s body is inherently objectionable to many. But should it be?
A musing on that issue can be read here.
Category Archives: News
Shaken… and Stirred
While the west coast’s torrential rains this winter and the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria were light-years beyond anything my family and I ever experienced when we lived in Northern California in the late 1970s, they brought back memories of those days.
My musing about floods and earthquakes and the realization they should engender in us is here.
And people wonder why some Israelis are wary of the idea of a Palestinian state.
All Hail the High Court!
Much hair is being pulled out of heads because of one of the proposals that the Netanyahu government has embraced; reform of Israel’s highest court. But the furor over what some feel is an attack on democracy is largely based on misunderstanding the nature of that court.
To read what I mean, click here.
A Defense of Holocaust Remembrance Day
A piece I wrote about the uniqueness of the Holocaust was published at Religion News Service and can be read here.
What does it say…
Doomsday 2.0
If you are old enough to have lived through the ’70s, you may not remember the end of the world, because, well, it didn’t happen. But it was scheduled to, as you can read here.
Black Hats, Babies and Bathwater
Major mirth greeted Stanford University’s Information Technology department’s list of words to be shunned by the university’s publications and website. Words like “webmaster” and “blacklist.”
And yet, there is some food for thought in the list too.
My take on the matter is here.
Mike’s Maligned Menorah
Former Vice President Mike Pence has added to his sins — to date, they include calling his childrens’ mother “mother” and declining to dine privately alone with any woman other than his spouse — a deeply offensive (at least to some) menorah.
Read all about it here.
Fringe is Fringe
Democratic Congressmen Hakeem Jeffries and Ritchie Torres are two people worth looking at closely. They give the lie to the contention that the blue sky is falling.
To read what I mean, click here.