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Gun’s Aim to Please For Xmas
Nothing says Happy Holidays like the gift of a good ol’ American gun. For decades Americans of all ages have squealed at the sight of a shotgun at Christmas. And nothing cheers up a dull droopy...
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History – Attention Must Be Paid: Listening to Charlottesville
“History won’t forget that when the streets of Charlottesville echoed with evil, Donald Trump responded with silence.” Tom Perez. L) Image via Andy Campbell Twitter R) Nazi Germany There’s no way to...
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Haunted By The Ghosts of Anti-Semitism
Just in time for Halloween the frightening ghosts and goblins of anti-Semitism past have arisen from their slumber. This virulent strain of hate never really disappeared, merely reawakened. And it is...
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Income Inequality A Chilling History
Depressing news- income inequality in America isn’t new. Frigid winters during the Great Depression could be particularly cruel as the chasm between the toasty haves and the chilly have not’s grew...
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Kate Smith’s America
It was the 1930’s. While a rotund and darn proud of it Kate Smith was belting out “God Bless America” causing a lump to form in our throats, and our antiseptic kitchens were tastefully adorned with...
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Pittsburgh One Year After – Anti-Semitism Grows
A year ago I was haunted by the ghosts of antisemitism. On a Shabbat morning, it reared its ugly head at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh when a heavily armed white supremacist took out 11...
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Fireside Chat or Fireside Lies
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men…Only the Shadow Knows.” Happy Days are Here Again! I can’t wait to warm up the tubes of my massive Magnavox mahogany radio in anticipation of a...
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It Can’t Happen Here
It can’t happen here. Yet it can and it is. This year is ending in an epidemic of anti-Semitism. It must end. The ugly past has become present in the most horrifying way as anti-semitic vandalism has...
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How Supermarkets Changed Us Pt II
If supermarkets are a showcase for the American way of life, the profusion of colorful packages and containers are the glitzy showgirls winking, shouting, and seducing us to select only them. Each...
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Christmas Party Ideas For A Troubled Time
Many have drawn parallels between our troubled times and the late 1930s, and it might be helpful to see how they celebrated during the festive Christmas season. Anti Semitism was on the rise, fascists...
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