by Henry Oliner | Sep 30, 2010 | Anti Semitism, Terrorism
The following is an excerpt from a sermon given by Rabbi Shalom Lewis in Atlanta: We must be diligent students of history and not sit in ash cloth at the waters of Babylon weeping. We cannot be hypnotized by eloquent-sounding rhetoric that soothes our heart but...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 27, 2010 | Anti Semitism, Terrorism
The following is an excerpt from a sermon given by Rabbi Shalom Lewis in Atlanta: Now before some folks roll their eyes and glance at their watches let me state emphatically, unmistakably – I have no pathology of hate, nor am I a manic Paul Revere, galloping through...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 25, 2010 | Politics
Monetary debates were even the stuff of popular culture (at the turn of the 20th century). Indeed L. Frank Baum’s enduring The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, has been read as an elaborate allegory for the monetary politics of the era. Dorothy stands for...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 24, 2010 | Politics
Cutting the size of government is as essential to the body politic’s health as a weight-reduction program is to restoring any human body that excess has caused to degrade into obesity. Just as someone who is serious about his health asks, “Do I need cupcakes at all? ...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 23, 2010 | Politics
From Boston University Professor Angelo Codevilla’s “America’s Ruling Class- And the Perils of Revolution” (July – August 2010 issue). In The American Spectator (online version). Laws and regulations nowadays are longer than ever because length is needed to specify...