“I talk to the president every day,” Fulks said. “He is not wavering on anything. The president has made his decision. I don’t want to be rude, but I don’t know how many more times we can answer that.Joe Bidenhas said he is running for president of the United States. Our ...
Other than a few rogue reporters here and there, the press will continue to snuggle up to Trump in ways that make many of us feel sad about journalism. Similar to #3, other than a few rogue republicans, when it comes to Trump, the GOP will continue to be unable to find their voices...
Beautiful speech by our new President Biden. Wondrous to see a woman as our vice president. I just loved watching the body languages of former presidents and their spouses. Bill and Hill don’t look very connected. Laura Bush is so elegant. All those high-end pant suits and pretty coats....
It was like science class but better because he expected me to apply the results of those experiments to the piano pieces I was learning. So I got to see, actually to feel in a very concrete way, how the percussive nature of the piano, its harmonic resonance, could transcend the physical...
U.S President Joe Biden looks a decent man. Certainly, for many, he would seem to outshine his predecessor as regards being sensitive to the needs of those outside his own electoral support. It’s hard to pin down, this idea of the good man, or woman. We always we end up with no...
“It is justice for countless victims,” President Joe Biden said. The Washington Post called him a “moral compass.” Hardly. Nasrallah said it would be easier to kill Jews when they were in Israel. He said that Jews “are people with evil ideas.” ...
“insta-experts” and the dangers of building a false sense of authority instead of legitimate expertise in your writing niche or industry. This is a follow-up to my previous post and podcast episode, An Open Letter on Trust, “Experts,” and Blogging. (Be forewarned, the older post ...
President George Washington and the letter he wrote, after a visit to Newport, R.I., where he was enthusiastically received by, among others, members of the local Jewish community. It was dated Aug. 18, 1790. (Hat tip to the Jewish Women’s Theater in Los Angeles, Dana Milbank of The...
I am embarrassed by and disgusted with many of my fellow Americans who helped put Trump into office. The Democratic Party, however, really has no one but themselves to blame for this chaos. Their leadership stood by as Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders ran for president in 2020. With all due ...
sometimes it has beenA Child’s Christmas in Wales.This year I read aloud the Christmas letter I had written to friends and family after the last Christmas we had in Brooklyn, when my sons were four and seven. Then we watchedCharlie Brown Christmas, which offers the important (to me) rec...