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The Second Hundred Days By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−We know Donald Trump’s priorities for his first one hundred days in office, but I was curious what policies he will push in the second one hundred days. After I proved through ancestry.com that my great grandfather came from the same shtetl as Jared Kushner’s, I interviewed […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes when decisions do not work out exactly as intended, they work out just fine. In the midst of Operation Protective Edge — Israel’s response to 182 Hamas rockets and mortars fired at Israeli towns and villages in the first week of July 2014 — the
Bad decisions sometimes have silver linings Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — It was brought to my attention this morning that the story about paid protesters to which I alluded in a column, here linked, was indeed a fake story. For this I apologize. Paul Horner loves fooling people with fabricated articles. In fact, Horner’s con was so effective,
‘Paid protesters’ report a hoax which had me fooled Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USAEditor’s Note: News articles to which this column alluded were a hoax. Apologizing for being taken in, Rabbi Samuel has filed an updated column, here linked. By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The riots and protests spreading around the country might give one the impression that these are spontaneous outbreaks, yet there
Paid protesters and employers must be condemned Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA1606, Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro published by Faber and Faber, 2015. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When I picked this book up at Luton airport, as I was about to board a plane, I thought I was going to read a historical novel. I couldn’t have been more
Did the Bard crib from another book on King Lear? Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-President Obama is visiting Greece, Germany, and Peru to assure their leaders that Donald Trump will not radically alter American foreign policies and to ask which of them will grant political asylum to Hillary Clinton. *
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−The Center for Disease Control has issued a health alert for people living in states that voted for Hillary Clinton. Cases of people showing up at hospital emergency rooms and wearing “Deal Me In,” I’m With Her,” “Nasty Woman” and “Run Like a Girl” tee shirts have reached epidemic proportions since
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−When Obama became president, sales of guns spiked. When Trump became president, applications for Green Cards and DACA status spiked. * Donald and Melania Trump have indicated that they have huge plans for redecorating the White House. Although specifics aren’t yet available, reporters have detected that members of Trump’s transition team
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Like others who voted for Hillary Clinton, I was shocked and saddened by the election results. It took me a while to get my head around the idea that Donald Trump will be our next President. After a while, I had an opportunity to reflect. How could it
More than Clinton, Trump understood plight of inlanders Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — After everything that has been said and done, this election will probably be remembered as one of the most acrimonious elections, full of mudslinging, accusations of improprieties, and personal attacks that our country has ever seen. The brilliant French political thinker, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) wrote
From election’s dissonance, perhaps comes a pathway Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer) By Laurie Baron The outlook was optimistic for Clinton-Kane just yesterday. The polls showed leads of three points, but narrowing each day. When Comey concluded that she was not to blame. The voters who despised her had nothing to defame. The Donald was campaigning, appealing to white males. Spouting
The Mighty Hillary Strikes Out Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Lawrence Baron, Sports & Competitions, USA
Remarkable Women of San Diego: Pioneers, Visionaries and Innovators by Hannah S. Cohen and Gloria G. Harris; History Press © 2016; ISBN 9781467-118262; 144 pages including index and bibliography, $21.90. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Divided into four time periods that begin in 1850, 1900, 1950 and 2000, this collection of biographical sketches honors
Book celebrates 28 of San Diego’s remarkable women Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — There’s an ill wind blowing through the world. First Brexit, and now Trump. What’s next? And what makes people vote for a policy or a person that seems on the face of it to embody all that is worst in human nature and societal relations? In the referendum in
Winds of resentment: Brexit and Trump victories Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, USAPhew! It Is Almost Over By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Donald Trump claimed he survived an assassination attempt at his Reno rally this past Saturday. The Secret Service corrected him noting that it was only a Clinton supporter who shouted gun. In other words, it ended up being an asinine protest and claim. * This past
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire