At last, the pioneering Israeli grandmother, Golda Meir, is experiencing a well-earned revival. Last month it was announced that the Oscar-winning Israeli director Guy Nativ is working on a new film about the Former Israeli
Continue ReadingThe human trafficking of Britney Spears
by Judy Wieder Let’s reframe this: Is Britney Spears a victim of Human Trafficking by her father? Britney Spears told a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday that she has been drugged, compelled to work against
Continue ReadingPassing the torch on and on
Corey Johnson to Carl Nassib by Judy Wieder There are some interesting overlapping news-makers in the headlines. One is the first “active NFL player saying he is gay,” and the other is a NYC Council
Continue ReadingCan we get there from here?
Always know yesterday before you judge today: When the United Nations proposed a two-state solution to Palestine in the 1940s, the Arabs rejected it. They didn’t want Jews, who were running from the Holocaust in
Continue ReadingHow to kill peace in the Middle East
Israel has my heart always. The Nazi Shoah in 1930s/40s Germany led to the inevitability and necessity of the State of Israel. That’s how I feel and always will.But that doesn’t mean that I give
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The great replacement theory
Why the Big White PanIc from Fox Fantasy These Days? Well, in addition to watching Black voters vote overwhelmingly Democratic in 2020, there’s a wave of nonwhite immigrants who are also leaning Democratic. That has
Continue ReadingGunning for assault weapons
I can’t stand Ted Cruz. People, puleeeeeze start working to get this blood-on-his hands creep out. During a hearing on gun violence one day after a lone gunman killed 10 people in Colorado and a
Continue ReadingNo Neo About It! Just Nazis, please.
Sometimes we get lost in the gibberish of it all. So just slap your face, and focus. Here’s a dude that did. Today, I’ve been thinking a lot about this whole ‘neo-Nazi’ thing. And I
Continue ReadingTurn on your smart light
Like anyone, I would love to believe that there are sharp lines between good and bad people. But there aren’t. Most people have dark passions waiting to be jacked up by a demagogue fixated on
Continue ReadingThey knew The Challenger Would Explode!
In 2020, a shocking documentary called CHALLENGER, THE FINAL FLIGHT on NETFLIX, revealed the tragedy behind the Challenger tragedy. After the 1986 accident, we had all heard them talking endlessly about the “O-Rings,” but somewhere
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