In politics they call it creating controversy. You see, Friends, if the media can create controversy where none really exists, they don’t have to spend their...
Fifty years ago next month, Star Trek had its premiere. That people still talk about it today, testifies to its phenomenal success. But many, perhaps most,...
Quid pro quo is a term commonly used in contract law where an exchange between two parties is required in order for the contract to be legal....
A friend recently shared a photo with me in an email that caught my attention. It prompted me to ponder, once again, the matter of education....
Fifty years ago this fall (8 September 1966), a new kind of science fiction television show had its premiere. Mr. Gene Roddenberry, who created it, did...
Throughout the long history of mankind, at least through the recorded epochs, there have been many forms of religious practices. Many periods, prior to a written...
Security has ever been the mantra of Israeli prime ministers. Why did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently say, in effect, that his fondest wish is to...
“Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government.” So said Abraham Lincoln. But what would Lincoln say today of...
As we mull over some of the finer moments and landmark achievements of the past eight years, and if we can do it without suffering cardiac...
I don’t know if there is such a thing as the Jewish Mind. But since the appearance of Raphael Patai’s 600-page tome bearing this title, perhaps...