The rabbi stood before his congregation last Saturday and in his comforting baritone, spoke as rabbis have spoken for centuries: Keep yourself clear of the fighting
Pull it together, for crying out loud! I can’t settle. I can’t write right. Words fail me. My anger feeds my fear and my fear feeds
Angry? Me? Who am I to be angry? Let’s talk about experts: the people we trust to have delved deeply into a certain topic because it
I’ve said it so many times, I can’t remember to whom I’ve said it and on what walls of which elevators I’ve scratched it with my
Dodo-birds, Unite! Before We’re All Fricassee The following is a speech from Tony Kushner’s play, A Bright Room Called Day. Shut up. Listen. There is something
I hate the cavalier way people use the horrific to describe the irritating or inconvenient, like calling the lifeguards at our small beach Sand-Nazis because they
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. Henry David Thoreau I might have hesitated to
Cecil the Lion or rather his pelt will be competing for most common costume this Halloween—appropriate, considering this is the holiday on which, traditionally, we celebrate
A recluse walks into a sports bar and everyone standing near the door yells, “Karen!” Don’t hold your breath – there’s no punch line. It’s the truth
Typically English: chavvy. Typically American: obnoxious. Tipichno Russkiy: corrupt. Typsche Deutsche? Tall, blonde, muscular, looks as if he may play football (soccer), but wears a Nazi