Commentary Larry David’s HBO show has a lot to say about being Jewish. I wanted to get this out last night, on Erev* “Curb Your Enthusiasm’s” final season, but my many social events intervened. *Evening – traditionally Jewish holidays and celebrations begin the night before the actual event. And, if there’s any reason to celebrateContinue reading “In a tribute to “Curb Your Enthusiasm’s” final season, The Foward’s list of the 18 most Jewish episodes.”
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As January comes to a close, the GOP becomes even more bizarre. How low, how crazier, can they become?*
*Best answer wins a free, one-year subscription to Around the Block! Commentary The GOP is party of clowns. But, calling them clowns really gives clowns a bad name! It’s only Tuesday and it’s already been a grand week for the Grand Old Party (GOP). Here are just three examples. Please note, to illustrate my case I’veContinue reading “As January comes to a close, the GOP becomes even more bizarre. How low, how crazier, can they become?*”
If you’re a fan of democracy, the Iowa caucuses won’t provide much solace.
Commentary Here’s hoping that in the old election adage, “As goes Maine, so goes the nation,” Maine isn’t replaced by Iowa. In my last Around the Block I published an editorial from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel headlined, “Who are we? The people of Iowa will answer first.” https://around-the-block.com/2024/01/14/we-all-know-who-donald-trump-is-the-question-we-have-to-answer-is-who-are-we/ The column’s lede was a quote fromContinue reading “If you’re a fan of democracy, the Iowa caucuses won’t provide much solace.”
“We all know who Donald Trump is. The question we have to answer is, who are we?”
Commentary The South Florida Sun-Sentinel answers the question it calls “as old as the nation itself.” And every American should read their answer! The South Florida Sun Sentinel is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Broward County. It also covers Miami-Dade, Palm Beach counties and state-wide news. It is a large, importantContinue reading ““We all know who Donald Trump is. The question we have to answer is, who are we?””
A letter to Biden from five centrist Democrats re: the Israeli-Hamas war
Commentary Netanyahu’s strategy, Biden’s acquiescence, and the existential crisis to Israel, Jews and America I thought you’d like to read an email I sent to my Congresswoman’s chief of staff, Felicia Goldstein. Since I’ve corresponded with Felicia in the past, I thought this email would have a greater chance of a response/action than if IContinue reading “A letter to Biden from five centrist Democrats re: the Israeli-Hamas war”
MAGA Mike, George Santos and Tommy Tuberville forced me to take a break from my break
Commentary I guess I couldn’t help myself Yeah, I know I wrote in my last post, “Maybe it’s time to take a break.” But I also wrote, “You know, when I started Around the Block 10 or so years ago, most of my posts were satirical…It was a great time to make fun of events and publicContinue reading “MAGA Mike, George Santos and Tommy Tuberville forced me to take a break from my break”
If “living like vermin” puts me on Trump’s enemies list, I want in!
Commentary Where do I go after a headline like that? Maybe it’s time to take a break. A little over two weeks ago on November 11, Veterans Day no less, in a speech in Claremont, N.H., disgraced, multi-indicted, sexual predator, ex-president Donald Trump said, “We pledge to you that we will root out the communists,Continue reading “If “living like vermin” puts me on Trump’s enemies list, I want in!”
With no short-term end to the conflict in Israel and Gaza …what to do?
Commentary I turned to Thomas Friedman and Sir Martin Gilbert – but received little solace. As Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza continues, with the prospect of a two-front war with Hezbollah in the north or even a three-front war as anti-Israel activity begins to move from a simmer to a boil in the WestContinue reading “With no short-term end to the conflict in Israel and Gaza …what to do?”
What do polls like the recent Times/Siena poll really mean?
Commentary And, a year out, should you worry? Two days ago, I posted a story about the results of a Times/Siena poll of battleground states, What does the 137th episode of Seinfeld and the latest Times/Siena poll have in common? *The poll painted a doomsday scenario for Democrats: Trump beating Biden not only on theContinue reading “What do polls like the recent Times/Siena poll really mean?”
What does the 137th episode of Seinfeld and the latest Times/Siena poll have in common?
Commentary They’re both “Bizarro!” The 137th episode of Seinfeld, was called “The Bizarro Jerry.” The title is a reference to the Superman character “Bizarro” who does everything in an opposite manner.* As I read the results of the Times/Siena poll of battleground states this morning, the first thing that came to mind was, “What’s theContinue reading “What does the 137th episode of Seinfeld and the latest Times/Siena poll have in common?”
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