Daily Archives: April 9, 2010

Googled

I’m reading Ken Auletta’s 2009 book Googled. It is filled with privacy experts decrying Google. I don’t share this concern. I think much of this is generational. Kids today are generally more comfortable sharing information about themselves on Facebook etc … Continue reading

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I Can’t Morally Justify Much Of What I Do

Much of what I do is based upon my feelings rather than upon God’s immutable moral law. I fear that I am letting down my commitments to Judaism and ethical monotheism. Much of my blogging is done by instinct. I … Continue reading

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Prager Was Right

I was listening to Dennis Prager yesterday interview William Bennett. Like tens of thousands of conservatives, Bennett expected that Barack Obama would govern as a political moderate. Dennis Prager predicted he would govern as a leftist. Prager was right. I … Continue reading

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Afraid To Upset Oprah

Margo Howard writes: The second thing you need to know about this book is that most of the kingpin interviewers in the mainstream media were astonishingly up front about saying they would not help Kitty promote her book because they … Continue reading

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Orthodox Bludgers

Elliot Resnick writes an important Op/Ed in this week’s Jewish Press: Acquaintances of mine have told me point-blank – without a trace of embarrassment in their voices – that they live in Section 8 housing and buy groceries with food … Continue reading

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