
Unknowing the Enemy
Seven months ago, in the Paris jihad attacks, 130 people were killed. Then there were 14 killed in the jihad ...
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The Dog in the Mirror
Do you believe that looking at yourself in the mirror makes you smart? Do you tend to presume that other ...
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Happy Passover
The Bible tells stories, that’s all; except that these stories cause tidal waves and earthquakes: the mountains leap, the mighty ...
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Karma Comes Up Short for Robert F. Kennedy School
A few years back I wrote in this space about a public school in New York City that was utilizing ...
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Bob Dylan, “Melancholy Mood”
It is (in the sense of those things these days) Bob Dylan’s hot new single: “Melancholy Mood.” The song is ...
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One Day in America
Restaurant owner Hany Baransi It’s all in how you look at it, isn’t it? “Oh, a few people got stabbed ...
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Three Score and Ten
It was a passing thing, the merest of blips in the constantly gushing torrent of news, if even by chance ...
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Frank Sinatra’s 1957 Christmas Special (with Bing Crosby)
Directed by Frank Sinatra himself, and sponsored by the good people of Bulova and Chesterfield, it’s surely one of the ...
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A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
There’s a communal feeling about most Christmas music. Maybe this is because we generally hear the songs in the company ...
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