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Lessons from the shocking killings in Norway

Was the killer in Norway insane? If so, he can plead innocent by reason of insanity and be put away in a mental hospital. And if so, we have nothing […]

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Verbatim, from a news item in the Denver Post: “A proposed Saudi counterterrorism law that would give the Interior Minister sweeping powers and mandate jail sentences...

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Verbatim, from Yoram Ettinger’s “Straight from the Boardroom”: “Is Israel isolated, boycotted? Is time running out on the Jewish state? On the contrary — time is on...

Accident ahead?

Democrats and Republicans are entrenched in their respective partisan aisles dueling over the debt ceiling crisis. They seem more concerned about politics than the body...

America the Beautiful

THE route from Arizona to Montana was mapped out, the car packed with a week’s worth of clothes and gear, and the cooler filled with snacks and water bottles. As...

What will it take to wake Jews up?

The citizens of San Francisco will be voting on a proposition that seeks to ban circumcision in that city. Though I am strongly opposed to the proposition, if it passes,...

Summer salad

With temperatures hovering around the 90°F mark, one of the Rambam’s health tips from last week’s blog posting got us thinking. “Eat what’s in...

Where kids can be kids ?

Despite having been a diabetic camper and now an experienced medical staffer at the American Diabetes Association’s Camp Colorado for type-1 diabetic children, I know...

Jack Shaffer, 1928-2011

“And I don’t want you walking out of here feeling sorry for me. My life has been wonderful — I’ve had much more than my share.” Just like that. Normal […]

Right, peace with Stalin . . . with Assad . . . with . . . what?

Sometimes the absurd is so strong, staring one so starkly in the face, that it is, paradoxically, not seen. How else to explain the ceaseless urgings of the Clinton...