President Barack Obama recently went to China. The New York Times wrote an article on how he skirted Chinese sensibilities especially on human rights issues. Here is a snippet: Whether by White House design or Chinese insistence, President Obama has steered clear of public meetings with Chinese liberals, free press advocates and even average Chinese […]
READ MOREWho Determines Who is Jewish?
There is a case before the Supreme Court of Britain. The question is who is a Jew? There is a real identity problem in today’s Jewry. Is being Jewish a race or a faith or both? This is an issue as the Orthodox have put themselves in charge of who is Jewish and who isn’t. […]
READ MOREWhy Are You Sitting in Cash?
The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve with help from Congress and the White House is making something very, very clear. They are going to devalue the American dollar through the printing of money, maintaining excessively low interest rates and out of control government spending. If you are sitting on excess cash and that cash […]
READ MOREDarius Goes West
If anyone doesn’t know about the Dairus Goes West Project, check out this video. What a great story. I feel privileged to have met everyone involved and to have been a tiny part of their journey(they visited me twice): Embedded video from CNN Video If you want to know more about Darius Goes West, go […]
READ MOREFood and Health Care
Th New York Times Magazine has a wonderful article on chef Jamie Oliver and his mission to have people cook their own food and be healthier. I highly recommend you read the article and came away incredibly impressed with Jamie Oliver, what a great guy. If we as a country really want to tackle health […]
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READ MORENorman Borlaug, R.I.P.
There have been many obituaries written in the last week for the great scientist, Norman Borlaug, who according to some estimates saved the lives of 1 billion people. By developing new strains of crops that were resistant to disease and teaching poor third world farmers modern agriculture techniques, Mr. Borlaug was a big part of […]
READ MOREA Broken Heart
I signed up for Rabbi Simon Jacobson’s 60 Day Journey to the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) email list. I get an email every day to prepare me spiritually and mentally for this Jewish New Year and the Yom Kippur. The emails have been amazing, but none better than today’s email. Here […]
READ MOREJefferson
Enjoy this wonderful blog post from the New York Times by Maira Kalman about Thomas Jefferson. Really wonderful. Kalman on Jefferson
READ MOREThe Truth About Grit
I enjoyed this article on how grit leads more to success than talent or intelligence. The Truth About Grit
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