When I was a kid reading Genesis in Sunday school or sitting around the seder table at Passover listening to stories about the children of Israel escaping slavery, my perception of Egypt, (5,000-year-old Egypt), was that of a powerful, ancient, forever kind of place. Pharaoh, Cleopatra, the mysterious pyramids, the…
On Tuesday, President Obama will address the nation, to remind anyone who may have been in a coma, that we are still in deep shit. But, although there will be a continuing propensity for protracted pain and suffering, we are on the road to recovery. He’ll mention the things his…
Jared Loughner is undeniably a disturbed and unstable young man. I’m sure there will be articles, ‘in-depth’ TV exposes, public and private debates, medical and lay opinions, books, movies, blogs and tweets that will probe and sensationalize the tragedy of the “Tucson Massacre”. There will be outrage and real and…
Representatives of the newly sworn 112th Congress took turns reading the US Constitution from cover-to-cover, (or top to bottom…is it still on a scroll of parchment?), last Thursday. The intent, I guess, (the real reason is about as clear as the Republican agenda), was to assure the people, (as in…