Ferguson, Missouri\’s Police Chief, Thomas Jackson, has apologized. To who and for what? -To the parents of Michael Brown for the fact that their son laid on the ground for four hours before being taken to the morgue – an apology which should have been made…..well over a month ago. -To the peaceful protesters for being “upset and angry” – an apology which...
Attorney General eric holder is announcing that he will resign. Good. Too bad he can\’t take his mentor with him. Today is Rosh Hashanah, so I can\’t blog more completely about this, or other stories (actually it\’s a pretty big news day). Maybe later this evening.
Justice delayed may be justice denied. But belated justice is better than none at all. Ask Shaneen Allen. As you may recall (you certainly do if you\’re a regular reader here, because I\’ve been blogging about it for almost 2 1/2 months), Shaneen Allen is a 27 year old single mother of two. Ms. Allen, who lives in the Philadelphia area, works at two jobs...
Did you know that ISIS (the Islamic State In Syria) is comparable to last month\’s shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri? I hope not. Because the two could not be more dissimilar. But when no less an authority than the President of the United States makes the comparison, you at least have to listen. This is what he said yesterday at the UN, in the context...
So, this evening, my wife and I were driving from my sister\’s house in Queens, home to central New Jersey. We had the radio on and Hugh Jackman was singing a song from “The Boy From Oz”. My wife said “That Hugh Jackman. What a great singer. And good looking too”. I made the mistake of trying to be a wise guy, and answered “What does he have...
The Jewish New Year begins. It begins with Rosh Hashanah (at sundown), and ends with Yom Kippur, the day of repentance, 10 days later Me? I\’m about to get into appropriate clothing, pick up my wife, take her to a doctor\’s appointment, and then into Queens to spend day one with my sister and our family. Given that I\’m coming from central New Jersey, I...
Ken Berwitz Apropos of nothing political: Wheat bread is delicious. Wheat breakfast cereals? Ditto. Hot and cold both. But wheat spaghetti? Give me regular pasta every time. And I speak from experience (like 5 minutes ago). Ok, back to politics, where we usually get the chaff. And yes, that can also be a bad pun.
First, let\’s look at what happens when a leader is in charge of a country. Under Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, we have this, as excerpted from Stewart Bell\’s article at Canada\’s National Post: Thegovernment has begun invalidating the passports of Canadians who haveleft to join extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, Citizenship andImmigration Minister Chris...
Susan Rice, one of the Obama administration\’s paid liars, was interviewed by Matt Lauer on this morning\’s Today Show. She earned her keep. Why do I say this? Well, here is just one exchange between Lauer and Rice. I doubt I have to go any further to give you your answer: MATTLAUER: Think of the things we\’re talking about here, with thekhorasan...
Years ago, I entered our phones in a do-not-call registry. However, in the past 6 – 9 months, we have been increasingly inundated with unwanted telemarketing pitches. For that reason, I have contacted the national do-not-call registry and re-registered the numbers…in the hope it will give me another few years of relatively telemarketer-free service before this happens...
I just read Trymaine Lee\’s article at MSNBC\’s web site about the upcoming town hall meetings in Ferguson, Missouri, which I am excerpting below. See if you find it as utterly ridiculous as I do: To keep peace in Ferguson, DOJ bars media from town hall meetings Cityleaders in Ferguson, Missouri, have billed a series of upcoming townhall meetings beginning Monday night as...
In the previous blog we learned just how thin the “coalition” of Arab countries is for President Obama\’s air strikes on Syria. Well, here, excerpted from its current lead article, is a very different story – a much improved one – about Arab participation: Obama:Syria strikes show \’this is not America\’s fight alone\’ Thecoalition that...
President Obama has ordered the commencement of air strikes on presumed ISIS targets in Syria. First things first: whatever I think of this as a strategy, I hope it works, and works fantastically well. The objective is to minimize the world of murdering fanatics, and if Mr. Obama\’s way of doing it works, my imaginary (I rarely wear them) hat will be off to him –...
We all know the old saying “birds of a feather flock together”. Well, a good example of how this works will occur in Florida, where, according to Maggie Haberman of politico.com, Hillary Clinton will be campaigning for “Democratic” gubernatorial candidate Charlie Christ in October – headlining a dinner for him in Miami, on October 2 (the same day she is...
It troubles me that this is even an issue anymore. But since it is, here are some quotes collected from Gazans – very, very brave ones – collected by Mudar Zahran, a Palestinian from Jordan* who fled to the UK so he could dare to write the material that would get him a summary execution if hamas got their hands on him: “IfHamas does not like you for any reason all they have...
