“We have a jury system which is superior to any in the world, and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don’t know anything and can’t read.” Mark ...Read More
Question: What is the difference between a habit and a ritual? Answer: About a hundred years. Many things like fasting and feasting have become ritualized parts of religious practice. In Judaism we fa...Read More
The Russian word for “speed bump” is: “lexhashchii politseiskii.” It literally means “lying down policeman.” I thought this was pretty funny Russian humor, which is often directed ...Read More
In August the people in Moscow pick wild mushrooms so this news is important.Russian Scientists recently discovered that you can eat all types of mushrooms. Of course some of them you can only eat onc...Read More
Suppose a country with a name starting with “B” (Belgium, Brazil, Belize etc) wanted to increase its trade. I suggest that they change their name to the United States of B___________ (Bosnia, Bots...Read More