Every American should read Bill Bennett’s book, “The Death of Outrage.” Bennett, an American hero in my eyes, wrote some years ago with clarity and conviction about the lack of public outrage surrounding Bill Clinton’s sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky. In case you haven’t read the book, let me assure you, it is not outdated. Bennett…
Tag: life
Passion
In Ethiopia with Two Ethiopian Jewesses My sister inadvertently paid me a kind compliment the other day. In an email, she was discussing the challenges of parenting. She wrote that it suddenly dawned on her that her young son is much like me: very passionate about life. That her son’s zest for living is offering she and her husband plenty of opportunities to…
Kibbutz Orange Grove
I used to pick oranges on Kibbutz Einat, in Israel, in my early twenties. It was my most demanding physical job. It makes me sweat and ache just thinking about it! I showed my pampered lifestyle and inexperience when I worked with the other volunteers who were mainly from Europe. I know I didn’t carry “my load.”…
Over Coffee
No deep reason to post this now, other than I came across it. I wrote it in Cyprus about a week ago.
‘They Trembled and Stood at a Distance’
It is growing. It is out of control. The California fire rages. As the title of this post suggests, “trembling and standing at a distance,” is a natural way to react to raging fire. I can’t imagine what it would be like to evacuate my home, fill my car with a few things, and later see my world go up in flames via…
‘howmanyofme.com’?
My daughter often uses my laptop, so I am always finding her cyber footsteps on my computer. One led me to an interesting sight: http://www.howmanyofme.com/.
More on Einstein and Jesus
About a month ago, I posted a couple of comments about an interesting interview on Einstein. The interview revealed that the most brilliant man in the world showed a glimmer of passion and interest in the person of Jesus Christ or as Einstein called him, the “luminous Nazarene.” Mike Rizzio at The Bread of Life has an interesting post on Einstein. It seems that Einstein’s curiosity…
A Father’s Look
Wayne and I have been away from our daughter for over two weeks now. We talked to her on the phone this morning. She said she was missing me so much that she read every post on my blog! Ha! Something she would never do if we were home and crossing paths each day. I…
Odyssey
David Holland, in his post yesterday at Blather. Wince. Repeat., discusses a column written by David Brooks in the New York Times, The Odyssey Years. Excellent post. Interesting topic. Brooks’ premise is that there are four stages in life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Shifts in American culture have added two more stages: odyssey and…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 