Month: October 2018

One of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits had Phil Hartman interviewing Walter Mondale (played by Dana Carvey) on a spoof show called “What Were You Thinking?” The basic idea was that running for president while...

Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum is a graduate of Florida A&M University, which is a highly regarded HCBU (historically black college).  He stood out there, serving as president of the Student Government Association and...

I can’t imagine the inhumanity involved in raising a gun to a 97 year old woman and killing her in cold blood. In general, the victims of The Tree of Life Synagogue shooting were quite elderly. Joyce Fienberg, 75 Richard...

“I have one last topic to examine, the opioid crisis.  Stay tuned.”  So I concluded ‘Cries from Syria’ versus ‘The Wounds of War’ plus other News and Documentary Emmy nominees about...

Last night I was hanging out with a group of my Jewish friends in Philadelphia and it was a joyous occasion. Yet, when the subject turned to politics I became pretty glum and it was clear that I was feeling pretty down about the...