Monthly Archives: January 2016

Blacks, Whites & Billions

I love the new Showtime series Billions, but the race thing doesn’t ring true. There are a lot of blacks on the show and the interactions between them and the other characters are entirely without racial tension. I see no … Continue reading

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Yeshiva Kids On Pot

About 25% of YULA kids are on pot, about 10% of Shalhevet kids. At YULA, you have yeshivish rabbis teaching MO kids, who don’t pay them much mind. At Shalhevet, you have MO rabbis teaching MO kids, so there’s more … Continue reading

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Why Did Japan Attack The US In WWII?

For the same reason that most everybody when they are cornered, fight back. I’m finishing off John J. Mearsheimer’s classic, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics: The indictment against Japan for overexpansion boils down to its decision to start a … Continue reading

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What Would A President Trump Mean For Israel?

Considering that America is dramatically over-involved in Israel against America’s own interests, what will happen when a nationalist and a populist takes control of the USA? Contrary to myth, most Americans don’t give a damn about Israel. If Trump wins … Continue reading

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What Drove Germany To Two World Wars?

There is nothing that is human that is foreign to me. There is nothing Hitler did that is not inside of everybody. For instance, most people wish that their enemies would simply disappear. Israelis wish that Palestinians would simply disappear, … Continue reading

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