Friday, June 2, 2017

Pascal's Wager, or The Futility of False Dichotomies.

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          Blaise Pascal:  mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and theologian—truly a polyglot.  Most of you probably associate him ...
Monday, May 22, 2017

The Kuzari--a Proletarian Approach.

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     Reading through the first chapter of the Kuzari again, I have tried to come to terms with his hypothesis for why Judaism is the Truth....
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

The Futility of It All

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In the beginning, there was only a word.  But there was nobody to hear the word.  So the word reverberated in empty space. The word was fo...
Monday, January 16, 2017

American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson Mid-season Analysis

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I started watching American Crime Story this weekend.   It was toward the end of my 8th grade year when the whole thing with OJ Simpson...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

What Does It All Mean?

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Prelude Another night.  Another White Russian.  Lost count of how many I’ve had tonight.           Lost count of how many random conver...
Monday, July 11, 2016

A Very Uncomfortable Post for Comfortable Americans

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Whose lives matter?  This day in age, one cannot answer that question without making a political statement.  If I were to give an honest ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

In Memory of Gertrude "Gittel" Feuereisen Chanis

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          Assorted memories.           Her picture sits on my desk in my classroom.  If not for her, I would never have become a teacher....