Daily Archives: July 27, 2008

Setting The Bar Too High?

Daniel writes on Failed Messiah: "I am so curious if you have any more info on rabbonim reacting negatively to to the Chafetz Chayim‘s works on shmiras halashon [holy speech]. I have long felt that by setting an impossibly high … Continue reading

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Start Me Up And I’ll Never Stop

My biggest daily struggle is with fatigue. I’m just exhausted most of the time and discouraged from 20 years of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. So to start myself up through the day, I have various tricks that work at times: Action … Continue reading

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‘Praying In Her Own Voice’

Rahel Jaskow writes March 23, 2007: This morning I went to the DocAviv International Documentary Film Festival in Tel Aviv with other members of Women of the Wall to see Praying in Her Own Voice (Hebrew title: Kol be-isha tefilla), … Continue reading

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Libertarian Economist On Dennis Prager’s Radio Show

Click here for the July 15, 2008 show. Twenty minutes in. Dennis: "If there’s a stupider group in America than bankers, I would like to meet them. I’ve come to the conclusion that banking is too important to leave in … Continue reading

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Dennis Prager Interviews Financial Columnist Robert Samuelson

Click here to listen. It’s 20 minutes in. July 14, 2008. Robert says the government is bailing out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. "They are providers of mortgage credit. If you are as old as I am, you remember the days … Continue reading

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