March 20, 2015 With considerable fanfare, the name of the new minor league baseball time that has migrated from New Britain to Harford has been announced. After multiple entries, 35,000 people voted on line and decided to call the team the Hartford Yard Goats. At first, I was disappointed that my name, […]
Anti-Semitism Rears Its Ugly Head
February 3, 2015 Both the United States and Europe are witnessing a marked increase in anti-Semitism. Outright killings of Jews, including children and pregnant women, have occurred in France and Belgium. Jewish stores have been looted and in some European cities, orthodox Jews are afraid to wear yarmulkes. Major politicians in Europe make blatantly anti-Semitic […]
The Party Insiders Strike Again
On Tuesday, the Republican Party came roaring back. Even the most delusional Republican stalwart could not imagine winning at least eight U.S. Senate seats and increasing the number of House seats to around 250. But the real surprises came in the Gubernatorial races. Republicans not only won tough races in Florida, Michigan, Maine, Kansas […]