Category Archives: Opinion

Imprecatory Prayer is Back, and None Too Soon!

It’s been so long, that I had to look up the meaning of “imprecatory” again because it’s not something I slip into everyday conversation. Imprecatory means “To invoke evil upon; to curse.” But it derives from the Latin verb precari, … Continue reading

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Tragedy, Murder and a Forgotten Jewish Ritual

News of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde took me back to a tragedy of a different kind that I experienced up close. When you have to clean your friend’s brains off his bedroom wall like I did after his … Continue reading

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Lady Liberty and the Goddess of Discord

My grandson was asking about the Statue of Liberty the other day. Lady Liberty is prominent in the Marvel movies he watches, at least the ones set in New York. Spiderman, the X-Men and the Avengers all stop by the … Continue reading

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Our Online, Hamster-Ball Life

My six-year-old grandson’s hamster, “Hamsterdam,” loves his plastic hamster ball. At least once a day he is taken from his cage so we can clean it, and is either placed in a wire pen we set up in the living … Continue reading

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‘Audacious in their Conjectures’: Why ‘MemeWatch’ Doesn’t Work

Conspiracy theories are in the news again. Actually, it seems like they’re everywhere. As I was binge-watching “Money Heist” on Netflix the other night, I noticed all the talk on that show about “sticking with the Plan” and “trust the … Continue reading

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