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I made a point of getting home early today so I could watch the state funeral for George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States and probably the last President ever that will be able to be spoken of with the words, “great President”. It was with
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Sorry for the long delay in posting. Was on the road last week to the land of milk and honey and also had a fair amount of work to do. I have been taking a lot of time to do some thinking both forward and back, when a decision is
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Today, the funerals of Cecil and David Rosenthal were held. Cecil Rosenthal, 59, and David Rosenthal, 54, both of Squirrel Hill, in Pittsburgh, were among the 11 people killed Saturday during a shooting at Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill. During the course of this week, the remaining funerals
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The 17th year since the disaster of 9-11 occurred. Today, of course, will be a day of remembrances and memorials to the 3000 Americans who perished on that day, and the many more both in and out of the service who perished as a result of that day and the
Continue readingGod decided to play a cruel joke on American politics by holding a recall election of His own. The winner was Justice Antonin Scalia. The loser will be the rest of the United States, that is left behind to watch the Constitutional farce that will be the nomination of his
Continue readingThe month of January has been a sad one for folks like me, who treasure the music of the ’60s and ’70s and had some of my best times in life with the great artist’s creations in the background as a soundtrack. David Bowie, Glenn Fry. Dale Griffin, and now
Continue readingIts been a month since I have posted. I have been busy. No excuse to be sure-but its the truth. During that time a lot has happened, much of it comment worthy-and if you are big reader like I am, you have probably read a lot of the commentary on
Continue readingAs I have mentioned I travel to the land of milk and honey quite a bit. One of the messages I continually hear is about how Israel is surrounded and always under attack. And I don’t really dispute it-having been on the road twice when the sirens went off and
Continue readingToday is Yom Hazikaron (Yom Hazikaron l’Chalalei Ma’arachot Yisrael ul’Nifgaei Peulot Ha’eivah- literally, “Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism”). This is Israel’s Memorial Day. Yom Hazikaron is the national Remembrance Day observed in Israel for those who fell since 1860 when Jews were first allowed
Continue readingLee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March. He was 91. For those who don’t know ( and you really should know this), he was the first Prime Minister of Singapore and was the founder of much of what we consider modern Singapore. As he himself said, Singapore is his
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