Training Day

My religious studies also taught me how to analyze complex problems. When you study Torah, you learn how to peel an onion. You learn to look at a situation, a single word or phrase, and to appreciate that even one word can have multiple interpretations. ~Dan Bricklin/”Natural-Born Entrepreneur” “Dan Bricklin” is not a household name,  … Read more

Forget Debates

  On Wednesday, POLITICO.COM was among the first news outlets to report the Trump administration ignored a “pandemic playbook” (above) created by the National Security Council in 2016 (when you-know-who was a real president).  Excerpts from the document include: Each section of this playbook includes specific questions that should be asked and decisions that should … Read more

It’s Time

  This morning, the Washington Post is reporting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders plans to stay in the race for the Democratic Party nomination through the New York primary, scheduled for April 28, but likely to be postponed.  Sanders’ surrogates also say he will participate in the next debate though none is currently planned by the Democratic … Read more

Unimaginable

  I am a member of an organized political party.  I’m a Democrat! ~Dr. ESP I never thought I would be saying anything like the above.  For months I have criticized, and even mocked, the leadership of the Democratic Party.  And rightfully so.  What I failed to realize, the real leadership of my party is … Read more

Legacy, Legacy, Legacy

  NOTE:  I am writing this post as I await Bernie Sanders’ statement on the state of the campaign for the Democratic nomination scheduled for 1:00 pm this afternoon. As an empirical pragmatist, I cannot believe in heaven or any other place in which we supposedly live after our time as a living, breathing human … Read more