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“A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph” (Exodus 1:9). What are my obligations in these times of the emergence of a dictatorship, political discord, and economic chaos? I am merely one voice in a chorus of voices. There are moments when I think writing these blogs is a waste of time.…
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April 5th marks the beginning of a Solidarity Movement here in the States. Those of us who are older remember the nonviolent struggle against the Polish authoritarian communist government. The movement was a coalition of union workers, students, intellectuals, farmers, and the Church. On the streets of cities and towns of the United States, we…
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To an independent outsider, the quarrel and discord between oppositional wings have made the Democratic Party appear obsolete. Neither the DNC leadership nor the operatives, those attached to the traditional role of polity, appear capable of recognizing who their constituencies are, let alone defining what they want from the Party. The predictable course of any…
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There is a strangeness to the mornings. This is partly due to my inability to adjust to the time change these past few weeks. But there is more to the peculiarity. Spring’s arrival. The transition from winter, which was mild here, to say the least, to spring was sharp. That is contradictory in itself, but…
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The other day I received permission from Canada Resist to republish this from their blog on Substack. There are lessons to learn from history. The question is whether or not we are willing to learn and apply those in this time of peril. I hope you, dear readers, will circulate this post The Power of…
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This morning, I awoke feeling as if I were skating on a razor’s edge to the Rolling Stone’s “Sympathy for the Devil.” I distinctly recall one of the last conversations with my father. This took place on an April afternoon shortly before he died in the line of duty with the Oakland, New Jersey, First…
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A friend recently suggested to my wife that I post blogs regularly or risk losing readership. His advice is sound. Three blogs have been researched and roughly drafted. My thoughts, however, have been with mi amiga de combate. We have been friends since 1989, when we bonded over Mariachi music. During our conversation, we discovered…
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Purim is a holiday of joy and remembrance. There is a carnival spirit to the holiday celebration of the triumph of Mordecai and Esther in thwarting King Ahasuerus’s advisor Haman’s scheme to exterminate all the Jews in the Persian empire. In brief, Esther’s revelation to the king of her Jewish identity, and Haman’s intent to…
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“As President John F. Kennedy said many years ago, “geography has made us neighbours, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies.” That rang true for many decades prior to President Kennedy’s time in office and in the decades since. From the beaches of Normandy, to the…
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