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Nora Ephron, a writer for all seasons, dead at 71
June 27, 2012
A few thoughts on the death, last week, of screenwriter, journalist, essayist, film director, and playwright Nora Ephron at age 71. Nora Ephron defied the conventional wisdom that you can only do one thing well in life.
Born into a...
Democracy is not a panacea – but with real commitment, it is a possible future
June 19, 2012
Last week’s Wall Street Journal ran a sobering piece by Bret Stephens in about the disappointing results of democratic elections the previous weekend. It’s true that democracy’s defenders have lately been mugged by...
Up up and away with JICNY
June 14, 2012
Last night I was fortunate to attend the yearly gala for Jewish International Connection New York (JICNY). Founded by Gavin and Jodi Samuels and Steve Eisenberg, the organization holds over 200 free and low-cost events a year and provides a...
Calling out Jewish self-haters
June 13, 2012
Interesting piece in today’s Jerusalem Post about self-hating Jews. Of particular value is the psychologist’s perspective in the piece that, just as an abused child will sometimes internalize the abuser’s...
Cory Booker’s spring
May 26, 2012
With Newark’s mayor in the headlines for braving a burning building to rescue a neighbor and more recently characterizing as “nauseating” efforts on both sides of the political aisle to demonize the other...
Conservatives imagine Lugar has a ‘tude –when he’s simply making a point
May 9, 2012
Full disclosure: with yesterday’s defeat of Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, this independent political commentator believes the American people lost a decent and experienced legislator. As I wrote in two previous posts here and here...
Too bad the American family is enjoying no such surplus
May 8, 2012
In April, the federal government notched its first budget surplus since President Obama took office, according to today’s news.
Too bad it would appear that American families aren’t seeing any such surplus.
I’m no...
Peggy Noonan – and I – weigh in on Lugar race
May 4, 2012
Hey, does the great Peggy Noonan read www.heatherrobinson.net by chance?
Last week, I weighed in on Indiana’s heated Republican primary race between veteran Senator Richard Lugar and the state’s Republican Treasurer Richard...
Tea party opportunist Mourdock takes on pro-Israel Lugar in Indiana but turns out to be a Mr. Softee
April 26, 2012
Six-term incumbent Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar (pictured above) is facing off in a close race against upstart challenger Richard Mourdock, the state treasurer, who is, according to one news site “running to...
Obama administration waives protocol to admit child porn-implicated Muslim Brotherhood member into U.S.
April 19, 2012
Funny how the mainstream media ignored this item. Why do I suspect that, had it been the Bush and not the Obama administration waiving protocol to admit into the U.S. an individual who has been implicated in a child pornography...