Aug 11, 2019

  One strange correlation – one of many strange correlations in modern U.S. politics – is the relationship between many Christians and Donald Trump.  Non-believers complain: “How can his supporters call themselves Christians and support such a sleaze-ball as Donald Trump?” Let me apply my dysfunctional mind to this mystery and see if I can come up with...

Aug 10, 2019

Note: Written in 9/16.  Updated 8/19  I just attended a talk the recent history of Canada. The speaker was a Canadian lawyer, Jewish, and a well educated and politically experienced person. One member of the audience asked this question: “What was the Canadian policy towards German Jews wanting to escape Nazi Germany?” The speaker – who was extolling the...