Be careful. The people who are predicting a Democrat landslide this November are the same ones who were predicted a landslide for Hillary Clinton in 2016. ...Read More
Senescent Aging but still alive. Example: “Don’t call me old. I like to think of myself as senescent.” In Dictionary.com Different than sentient which means having feelings or being ...Read More
How do candidates for political office with obvious character flaws seem more real than bureaucrats with impeccable credentials? Nassim Taleb in Skin in the Game And, I might add, make such terrible a...Read More
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. Attributed to many sources. So in memory of my good friend Gary David I suggest it was Blaise Pascal....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
Empirical Adjective, Derived from experience, not theoretical. Example: “Communism was a good theory but it certainly failed empirically.” ...Read More
Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. A happy and sweet New Year to all. “L’shana tova, tikatevu” This is the happy holiday. A bit over a week later is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. I...Read More