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It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Part I

The name of the hilariously funny movie from 1963 is the best way to describe the madness engulfing us all. The name fits, yet there is little to laugh about. The crazy twister has no intention of stopping and is …
Memories of the Covid Ward

As they say here: “Sh_t happens’. One never believes it will occur on your watch and it will affect one’s life in ways that cannot quite be imagined. But occasionally it does. We are talking about Covid. Below you will …
Afghanistan Banana Stand

For those who didn’t recognize the origin of the title for this essay – we borrowed it from Donald’s Westlake “Hot Rock” novel (1970). Once pronounced, the phrase was meant to have hypnotic effect upon someone in his story. Well, …
Freedom to Choose

“Thinking is not allowed in a totalitarian state” Candace Owens tweet, @RealCandaceO, May 27, 2021Life is an unending stream of choices one makes. When you are young, your parents choose your clothing, toys and the school you will be going …
Betting on the Wrong Horse. Part II

Continued. Read Part I here.Over the ages Jews have been forced to move out of countries where they lived. It happened when the places they lived in had become considerably less friendly and they had to exit, fearing for their …
Betting on the Wrong Horse. Part I

“There is no continuity in American life. We reinvent ourselves every twenty years or so.”This is an interesting, out-of-context (and debatable) thought by John Thorn, historian. We aren’t experts on Judaism in America and don’t pretend to understand every process …
The Oafs and Buffoons

New York City has many problems. Some are the result of poor management, bad decisions and very bad politicking. Our openly socialist mayor Bill de Blasio has just added another, to the ever-growing roster of progressive initiatives aimed at destroying …
Closed Circuit News

Have you noticed? At the time when news media around us is full of dummy stories about race tensions, woke crap and leftist initiatives, we begin to live in our own news universes? Those of us who choose not to …
White and Black

It looks like this interesting text might have been originally written in Russian and translated into English. We received it from someone who reads this website. The original author – one Mr. Yuri Kolker, a Russian poet; born in the …
The Other Side of Covid. Part II

Read Part I here. The political implications are vast. Governments everywhere, by definition, are “suppression machines”. Some are more benign that others. But the nature of every government is to rule by intimidation, force, by limiting our freedoms and setting …

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