“When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing… You can’t defend yourself when you’re militarily occupying someone else’s land. That’s not defense. Call it what you like, it’s … More Quote of the Day
“Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.” –Anton Chekhov
Removing our tefillin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin) after a weekday morning synagogue service, a fellow worshiper and I started reminiscing about serving weekday Masses as altar boys in our youth. We could both remember trudging through the snow (he, in Edmonton and I, in Denver) to serve weekday Masses as early as 6 am. And there were always … More Nostalgia
“We must reaffirm our commitment to the principles of open society and resist the siren song of the likes of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, however hard that may be.”–George Soros http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/28/terrorists-demagogues-scared-charlie-hebdo
It is amazing, to me at least, that independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, has emerged as a viable candidate in the Democratic primary. The U.S. seems to be relentlessly center-right and is beginning to resemble an oligarchy much more than a democracy. The Republican Party has moved to the … More Bernie Sanders
“MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.” ― … More Quote of the Day
“I want to oppose the idea that school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments which one has to use later directly in life. The demands of life are much too manifold to let such a specialized training in school appear possible […] The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgement should always be placed … More Quote of the Day
“Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.” ― Richard Feynman
Choose the correct word/phrase Putin couldn’t get (ahold/a hold/hold) of the hit man in time to get the job done. Igor had put his gun away and was (already/all ready) for bed when the phone rang. (Alot/A lot) of Russian journalists don’t have to worry about retirement. Doctor Quack didn’t want to treat hypochondriacs (anymore/any … More One Word or Two?
“Anyone who sees himself as a messiah, a superhuman entity, is either a psychopath or a crook. If he honestly believes that he is the messiah, he is a psychopath. If he recognizes the reality and yet uses messianism to control his followers he is a crook…This reality of psychopaths and crooks amongst the mystics … More Quote of the Day
No Harm Spilt 