Is it a verb or a nun? Or do we need both?
I personally think we need both. That’s what Civics used to mean to Americans. But, we’ve changed- and not for the better.
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Democracy
Category Archives: Just Because
Napoleon XIV- or is that Jerry Samuels?
Let’s start out with remembering that many of were not (and some still not) are politically correct.
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Recalling Tom Whitlock
So, here’s a question for those of us who are least 40 years old.
What do you first think of when “Top Gun” is mentioned? In my case, it has always been the songs “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away”. And, then Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis.
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Recalling our Selma March Experiences
Given that today is the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when white cops beat the crap out of the Blacks attempting to march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the way to Montgomery, it is appropriate to remember how our synagogue re-enacted that march.. To bring the attention of the world to the need for fair and equitable voting rights- as well as civil rights, in general.
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A 21st Century Underground Railroad
When I was in elementary school, I remember being intrigued by the concept (and success of the ) Underground Railroad. Which, of course, despite the wonderful novel (and less accomplished miniseries) written by Colson Whitehead was not really a railroad line. It was just semi-formal route where slaves and free blacks could escape to safe havens in the Northern and Mid-Western regions of the USA.
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This past Friday and Sunday
I debated posting this last Friday. But, then, I decided not to.
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Gregory Allen Howard
I think my son’s favorite movie is “Remember the Titans”. (Here is but one blog discussion of the movie.) It’s a loosely truthful account of the events that transpired when the city of Alexandria finally desegregated its schools in the 1970s.
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Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
As I perused a series of blogs, I was intrigued by the information provided by Angie Vallejo. She was telling her readers that today would be a “sort-of” special day.
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Anti-Otherism at TJ
Anti-Semitism in 2020s
Why today? Because the world experiences International Holocaust Day today. that was the first day that the "allies" (In this case the Army of the USSR) took control over the concentration camps. Recoiling at the carnage and conditions- (they never believed what we Jews were telling them all along), this became a day of remembrance. Note that "NEVER AGAIN" starts with 'NEVER FORGET". And, anti-Semitism is just the start-; it extends to anti-Others, if and when no one takes umbrage and reacts to the tropes espoused.
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