Although they were few and far between, there were groups of German Jews who supported the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich. One such organization was the German Vanguard led by Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909-1980), a professor of religious studies at the University of Erlangen in northern Bavaria. According to a document in the … Read more
Comparisons are NOT something individuals should make of themselves. I wish it were. I’d be telling you I am second only to Will Rogers in terms of political satire. But I’ll wait for someone else to make that observation. And, I readily admit, I’m not holding my breath waiting for that to happen. In … Read more
One word keeps popping up in the discussion of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. SACRED. Belief in the electoral process is SACRED to the survival of democracy. Russian interference in the 2016 election represents an assault on a SACRED cornerstone of the American experience. Perhaps the time has come when we Americans start … Read more
This is a topic about which I have grappled for the past couple of years. Probably because I could not find a way to address it without making unfounded generalizations. In light of last night’s events in London, you probably think the title of today’s post and my past hesitancy in blogging about extreme acts … Read more
In my May 24, 2017 post titled, “You’re Going To Need a Bigger Bed.” I highlighted the hypocrisy associated with evangelical Protestant support for Donald Trump who violates every tenet of this religious sect. In hindsight, this condemnation was unfair. Not because evangelicals are not hypocritical. Hardly. I was unfair by singling them out. … Read more