A friend of mine and fellow Jew pointed out to me recently that there are many more African Americans killed annually by the American police than there are Paleistinians killed by “evil, racist Israeli settlers.” He asked me whether I have given up on the U.S. yet. His question prompted the following reflection. The … More Reflection on African Americans and Palestinians
“How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquility.”–Marcus Aurelius Another version: To shrug it all off and wipe it clean–every annoyance and distraction–and reach utter stillness. Child’s play. (Hays translation)
“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.”–Noam Chomsky
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”–Steve Martin
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