Monthly Archives: July 2008

In terms of an outward expression, there are few gestures that have greater moral gravity than appearing before the Wailing Wall wearing a yarmulke.  As the photo below indicates, this is precisely what Barack Obama did 23 July 2008.  As … Continue reading →

The very idea that gaining or losing weight is contagious is utterly preposterous.  At any rate, the way in which gaining or losing weight is contagious is rather like the way in which a smile is contagious.  So when a … Continue reading →

American democracy has come to be about entitlements and only about entitlements.  Everyone is entitled to just about everything.  In particular, American democracy has come to be entirely shorn of gratitude.  I hold a very simple thesis, namely that democracy … Continue reading →

China is an economic power.  China also provides an extraordinary lesson to ethnic groups in the United States who are forever talking about being oppressed as victims of this or that form of racism.  China’s lesson is a very simple … Continue reading →

The precipitous decline of America can attributed to many things.  One of them, as it happens, is equality.  Of course, there is no formal tension between equality and excellence.  However, the way in which these two vectors play themselves out … Continue reading →

There is simply no mystery that gas prices have soared.  However, our indignation to mounting gas prices is most inappropriate.  Here is why.  We have been willing to pay $1.50 for 16 ounces of water (which equals $12 for a gallon … Continue reading →