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Film Accents and Contractions Have you noticed that in most American films set in foreign locations, the actors playing the foreigners use accents and they don’t use contractions? That is because, although they are actually speaking English, they want to[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Samuel Laster, Founder & Editor of “Die Jüdische” Samuel Laster and I had a mutual friend, the late Ernst Meir Stern, a man of integrity. We miss him. We both had the privilege of being published his journal, Der Bund.[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Henry and Polonius My favorite Shakespearian characters are Henry V and Polonius. The Bard’s Henry is the most eloquent of men. He’s a warmonger who presents both sides of the argument beautifully and then makes the military choice. The French[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Pope Francis and Hitmen “Is it legitimate to take out a human life to solve a problem? Is it permissible to contract a hitman to solve a problem?” Human life is sacred and inviolable and the use of prenatal diagnosis[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Bussing Bush Michelle will never forgive the Birther-in-Chief Trump for calling the location of his predecessor’s birth into question. Right-on! She grabbed her husband’s predecessor and planted a kiss on his cheek. He’s the man who invaded a Middle-Eastern country[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
ONEOFUS is to be commended for taking the High Road. We don’t want to bar anyone from being on this planet. Blessed Kudos are being showered on these idealists by the Catholic Church. In these days of rank libertinism, those[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Zarah Dietrich stayed in the States. Goebbels tried to get her back, but is it was no go. She had a glorious career and was a foe of the Third Reich. Although Hollywood had beckoned, Zarah Leander didn’t get on[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
De box looks at vun fellow, and de box says “Yes, dot vun is for me!” It looks at annoder, and it says, “Nawww!” – Akim Tamiroff, as related by Orson Welles Dying young means being young for all eternity[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
FOX and Morality For some having moral values seems to mean playing dirty so you can impose the moral values you don’t happen to have on others. Questions: If you really believe in the Deity, why would you play dirty?[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Depicting It There are two things that cannot be depicted – a rose and sexual organs. A rose because it is too beautiful, and sexual organs because they are too ugly. It is the miasma of desire that makes them[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Up the Creek – A Rehash of Past Events For Prof. Reiner Lendl, “whose merits include the rediscovery of Austrian exile literature.” Herbert Kuhner, the writer, is in a sense a historian. His life story runs parallel to history and[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
It’s a Topsy-Turvy World “There are alternate facts.” – Kellyanne Conway, not Eric Blair alias George Orwell Truth isn’t always truth. It is somebody’s version of it.!” – Rudy Giuliani (What a lovely way to describe lies!) You’re entitled to[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Snitching on a Predator From Alan Dershowitz: Is Paterno Getting a Bum Rap?: (Joe) Paterno and I come from roughly the same generation. We grew up during the period of McCarthyism, and my parents taught me, as his parents may[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
There Are Moments Yes, there are moments. But between those moments there are long, long periods. I’ve always had nostalgia for the days of railroads as you see them in the films of the Thirties and Forties. Adding to the[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Advisor in the Sky In Iraq I, George Bush, père encouraged the Iraqi Shiite majority to revolt against the Sunni minority who were running the country. Then he left them in the lurch. They were massacred. Iraq II, George[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Meaning of Life to Our Chieftains Richard Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign undermined Lyndon Johnson’s attempts to initiate peace negotiations with the North Vietnamese in order to improve his chances of winning the election.[1] Just to be fair,[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Influx Why is there an influx of migrants at the Mexican border? Because mostly Republican administrations supported the Dirty Warriors in the Dirty Wars of Central and South America. Thank you Dick Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Ronald Reagan. We can’t[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
Comparisons Pope Francis makes comparisons. „I say this with pain. In the last century the whole world was scandalized about what the Nazis did to purify the race. Today we do the same, but now with white gloves.“ According to[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
The Golden Anniversary of the Annexation (Ditto for the 80th Anniversary) At the unveiling of the monument commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, speeches of regret were read by political luminaries, Church dignitaries, public figures and high-ranking military men. Poets[…]↓ Lese den Rest dieses Eintrags …
