March 20, 2019

'The Jews had too much money'

I have been living at an independent living home, where many of the residents are over 80 years of age.  The food is delicious, and our lives are filled with interesting activities. The people who live here are from every state and sever...

October 2, 2016

Class vs. American Exceptionalism

The nonexistence of a class structure is one of the foremost reasons why Americans lead the world.  In many cases, "class" means separation of people into haves and have-nots.  Because of the absence of class, we are not hampered ...

August 21, 2015

A Proposal for the New Class of Persecuted Jews

A 2013-2014 survey by the Louis D. Brandeis Center found that "more than half of Jewish American college students (have) personally experienced or witnessed anti-Semitism." Ruth Wisse, in her essay, "Anti-Semitism Goes to School,...

May 1, 2014

Capitalism and Culture

I had always thought that in order to help people of the world to prosper, we must teach those in underdeveloped countries how to be entrepreneurs, showing them the better way to prosperity. How wrong I was. The idea of the "free market" ca...

September 15, 2012

The Plight of the Elderly Conservative

There are no educational opportunities for older conservatives.  We are wandering waifs on a sea of liberalism, with no island of conservative refuge to call our own. I have had a lifetime of schooling.  I loved it all, and I wanted to cont...

August 22, 2010

The Case For Capitalism

One Saturday morning, as I was sitting listening to the weekly Torah (Bible) portion, I had an astounding revelation -- a revelation that there is a human compulsion towards capitalism that goes as far back as biblical times. The portion, Numbers, Ch...

August 15, 2010

The Case For Capitalism

One Saturday morning, as I was sitting listening to the weekly Torah (bible) portion, I had an astounding revelation -- a revelation that there is a human compulsion towards capitalism that goes as far back as biblical times. The portion, Numbers 11:...