Cosmologist Martin Rees does not think that modern civilization will make it past this century. Scientific and technological progress carry with them the seeds of human destruction, whether through the harm we cause to the environment, or straight out nuclear or biological destruction. So ironically, one of the core limitations to connecting with intelligent life [...]
I am printing this as a I got it, without editorialization: World’s First Cross-Denominational Statement from Muslims to Jews in Modern Times Religious scholars and Muslim leaders from around the world are to issue a statement to the world’s Jewish Community at the Centre for the Study of Muslim – Jewish Relations in Cambridge on [...]
The rumors in the Jewish community about Barak Hussein Obama’s "Muslim" connection are embarassing, dumb, and wrong. Every day I get email forwards with silly allegations and fear-mongering. Very sad, not just because it is based on lies and ignorance, but also because it reflects deep prejudice and fear from a religion that has been [...]
Almost every woman I’ve asked here in Texas supports Hilary. Same with most Hispanics. This is in contrast to the momentum Barak seems to be gathering according to the news. The expectations for his success may be too high and could cause a significant setback to Barak, in spite of his accomplishment narrowing the big [...]
I have been arguing to all who’d listen that in the end of the day, the 3 remaining candidates are all formidable possible leaders and we are lucky to end with them. They all have some weaknesses, but overall their strengths greatly outweigh their weaknesses. There is nothing like a well-thought-out set of op-eds to [...]
Clif Bars is one company in the healthy snacking arena that KIND inhabits that I find a very worthy and also admirable player in the space. Here they came up with a very creative and positive contribution against environmental waste. Not sure how far this can get us but it is definitely a step in [...]
The show RED EYE which airs really late night on FOX News is actually wickedly funny and sometimes incisively so. Try to watch the clip from their Feb 26 discussion about the Hamas Bunny. It is the right’s version of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Colbert Report, among my all-time favorites, only [...]
A very interesting article from Reuel Marc Gerecht on Iraq, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda and what I call "pseudo-Islamic terrorists" (militant extremist assassins who usurp and tarnish a noble religion to advance their absolutist aims) appears in the Washington Post. He is either extraordinarily well informed, and providing some real hope, or just engaging in wishful [...]
I wrote earlier about how the American primaries have been a wonderful showcase of democracy at work. Everywhere I have been traveling lately, from Tel Aviv to Ramallah, from Mexico City to Sydney, Australia, people are fascinating with the US elections. The only scary thing that will bring us back is if the Obama-Clinton competition [...]
Below is a funny article about a man that set out to discover where all the ingredients in a twinkie came from…and the greater issue about all the artificial ingredients in our food… I never cease to be amazed how our mass culture has created a permissiveness to eat and manufacture products whose ingredients you [...]