Tag Archives: common sense

Yisroel Pensack: Iowa Voters Oust ‘Gay Marriage’ Judges from State’s Highest Court

Common sense prevailed in Iowa.  A.G. Sulzberger of The New York Times reports: DES MOINES — In a rebuke of the state supreme court with implications for judicial elections across the country, voters here removed three justices who participated in a … Continue reading

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Is It Permitted To Evaluate Your Teacher Honestly?

DF posts: "Very often "halacha" is just common sense. [Except in matters of ritual, where it is frequently the opposite.] In this case, Dr. Meir quotes the Chafetz Chayim to say you can use surveys if it’s constructive, and that … Continue reading

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How Do You Make Good People?

For the past two months, I’ve had a part-time job — picking up kids from school and driving them home. This time in the car with a load of terrorists (if I don’t give them everything they want, they will … Continue reading

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Who Are These Weird Child-Abusing Breslaver Hasidim?

Maven writes on Failed Messiah: This group was a fringe militant group that ran afoul of the law and all common sense a few years ago when they tried to blow up the Mosque. They have no Orthodox or other … Continue reading

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