Daily Archives: October 29, 2014

We’ll Say No More About It

* Growing up a WASP, I often heard the phrase, “We’ll say no more about it.” I don’t ever remember hearing it in Jewish life, however. * From Downton Abbey, S5E6, Lady Mary: “I’ll be as solemn as a church.” … Continue reading

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Brian and the Boz

This 30 for 30 documentary shook me up. It’s about a kid (Brian Bosworth, better known as the Boz) who can never meet his father’s expectations who takes on a college coach (Barry Switzer) as his subtitute father figure, enjoys … Continue reading

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Why Can’t We Criticize Islam?

Dennis Prager writes: There is apparently no amount of mass murder, no number of innocents tortured or women raped, no amount of female degradation, no number of people enslaved, no number of Christians expelled from or murdered in the Middle … Continue reading

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Why do Jews oppose wars against evil?

Dennis Prager writes: One of the deepest disappointments in my life has been Jews’ opposition to wars against evil. I had always assumed that, as the victims of so much evil throughout history, and as heirs to the great moral … Continue reading

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What A Shame

Who knows, given a proper education and encouragement, that suspect might otherwise have found cures for AIDS or ways to make solar power more economical. REPORT: DALLAS – A man shot and killed the person who tried to rob his … Continue reading

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