April 24, 2023
Category: Current Events
September 10, 2021
A Sermon for September 11th, 2001
I gave a Rosh Hashana sermon the week after the attack on The World Trade Center. I am surprised at how current it still feels.
March 6, 2020
Who do we vote for when the generations disagree?
Before the show began, a group of them started chanting, “please don’t make me vote for Joe Biden.” Others followed and for a glorious 90-seconds, the entire venue erupted in this collective lament. This chant haunts me.
September 24, 2018
Is the Senate truly justified in considering Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior when he was a teenager? {Reader’s Question}
Democrats are wrong, the case for looking into Kavanaugh's past is not self-evident. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a case. There is and it’s a good one.
October 8, 2017
Why can’t we legislate against guns? Some observations about American dysfunction.
If there is no place for debate about gun policy in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacres, we have given up on the idea of politics itself.
November 28, 2016
If the Electoral College can contradict the popular vote sometimes, why would it be wrong for them to do it every single time? [Reader’s Question]
Can I tell you something, honestly? This is one of those situations where I couldn't give a damn what the people think.
November 28, 2016
A reporter wrote an article about me and got an antisemitic email in response.
America is at a crossroad right now. Do we go down the road of passive acceptance and fear, or do we go down the road of truth, mutual respect, and fighting for what’s right?
November 27, 2016
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