Red lights and safety . . . really?
Hillel GoldbergMay 21, 2015
Governor John Hickenlooper all but says that he will veto two bills passed in the state legislature banning or potentially limiting the use of automatic traffic cameras....
No, the death of a million people is not a statistic
Hillel GoldbergMay 14, 2015
I AM reading a news story about women captured by, then freed from, Boko Haram. The women tell their stories. The dissonance between the report and the reality screams....
An uncomfortable defense
Hillel GoldbergMay 07, 2015
IT IS easy to say, free speech. It can be difficult to accept. Yet, accept it we must. The alternative is Stalinist Russia or, in more contemporary terms, Saudi...
Meditation, exercise, creativity, and…
Hillel GoldbergApr 30, 2015
FOUR. Jewish spirituality, set down by the Prophet Isaiah, comes in fours: delight, honor, freedom from planning daily tasks and freedom from speaking about them....
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein: Humble and towering teacher
Hillel GoldbergApr 23, 2015
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein was awarded the Israel Prize last year on Israel Independence Day for his towering knowledge of Talmud, his mastery of the Western canon (he...
The end of the human race
Hillel GoldbergApr 16, 2015
THE END of the human race as we know it might be upon us. I refer not to some very distant, natural evolution of the human species perhaps possible, […]
National Jewish Health: Not too big, not too small
Hillel GoldbergMar 26, 2015
DR. MICHAEL SALEM, president and CEO of National Jewish Health, identifies a Catch 22: In contemporary medical facilities, you cant get too small, and you cant get...
Why I keep kosher
Hillel GoldbergMar 19, 2015
KASHRUT. Its objective. Laid out. With boundaries. Defined spaces. Places you enter. Or dont. If you define the spaces and places your own way, you do not enter....
Drunk on Purim?
Hillel GoldbergMar 12, 2015
Did you get drunk on Purim? I can fake not being drunk better than anybody. No, really, did you? I cannot confirm or deny. A little fun has been ruined...
Faces
Hillel GoldbergMar 05, 2015
When I was a child I found it common that pictures of deceased parents hung on the walls of homes I visited. It seemed natural to remember these distant figures...
