Although, as a kid, my family thought of our Jewish observance as ‘Orthodox-leaning’, in fact, we belonged to a ‘Conservative’ synagogue. The designation allowed for a more assimilated version of observance that took into account five thousand years of human progress that couldn’t possibly have been foreseen by the architects…
As a constant observer, (I wish I could look away), of the reporting, spin, bluster, re-spin and back-pedaling misdirection of the facts or alternative-facts of every issue, dire or trivial, I am woefully aware of the need for an appearance of credibility. Therefore, these facks, my facks, although admittedly pulled,…
It’s not just me, right? I mean, this is some uncharted crazy shit going on, and not in a better-than-business-as-usual way. I’ve tried to turn it off, occupy my mind with work or trivia or snacks, but to no avail. My new AppleWatch© keeps beeping, and every time I look…
There’s the common kind, of course, genetically insinuated by thousands of years of shared DNA and then there’s the conditioned sort, lessons tacitly or otherwise handed down from parents and other authoritarian family members; expectations for fitting in to pre- and post-adolescent social interactions; and the pedantic beratings of secular…