“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But [...]
27
Jan
On this date:1944: The Leningrad siege ended after 900 days.1945: Auschwitz, in Poland, was liberated by the Red Army. 1967: Three Astronauts died in the Apollo 1 tragedy.(Link to Auschwitz history)
Yesterday, I tested a theory that’s been plaguing me for quite a while. I always watch and read a great deal of “news,” but yesterday, I watched and read with a slightly different purpose. I wanted to gage how much of what I was seeing was really “news,” that is, facts alone, unencumbered by speculation. [...]
12
Jan
JOHN GLENN (on the Senate floor – January 26, 2004) Some people still don’t understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it’s also a good example of one [...]
8
Jan
The snow stopped for a while yesterday, gave Dalia some time to go register at the college, and buy a few things. She had to shovel snow that had been piled up by the snow plow behind her car before she could drive out. This morning, we woke to more snow and it’s continued falling [...]
7
Jan
Last week, when 11 people were killed by a homicide bomber in Iraq, and many others were injured, the heroism of the Iraqi people was demonstrated. When a suspicious person was noticed by two Iraqi police officers, they tried to apprehend him, but when they saw that the murderer was about to detonate the bomb [...]
7
Jan
You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
6
Jan
“Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long accustomed to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their children sold into slavery by a victorious foe . . . They forget that in time of danger, in [...]
We’re up to our ass in snow today and tonight. The big winter storms you’ve been hearing about in California on the national news are a direct part of our lives. Dalia and I loaded up on new books and groceries yesterday and, though we’re snowed in, we’re warmly ensconced exactly where we want to [...]
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a [...]