My dad’s real smart, even if he doesn’t agree with me on my Middle East politics, and a couple weeks ago he said something that stuck. He was saying that Jimmy Carter’s book is a sign of rising anti-Semitism (something I disagree with), a sign we’re entering a new phase for Jewish power in the Read More
Saturday
10:30 a.m. Barack Obama makes an announcement about his presidential bid in Springfield, Il.
11 a.m. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and others will protest against the proposal for an Off Track Betting facility at 143 West 72nd Street.
Noon Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will speak at the Middle School Principal’s Association Conference Read More
This week, the Observer published a letter from one Ms. Elizabeth Tomelleri of Springfield, Mo., in which she wondered “what bitter pills” The Transom might have swallowed in its “personal life” to result in such “acidic, below-the-belt, mean-spirited, hypercritical comments” from its pen. (Pen!)
Dear Ms. Tomelleri,
1. The Reagan funeral. It really did Read More
If you went to a Catholic school, you learned about the saints, the selfless men and women who faced rejection, torture and even death as they stood up for their faith.
“Could you be as brave as the saints?” Sister would ask.
Of course we could.
“Well, what if someone walked into this Read More
