Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today, April 24, 2025, is Yom HaShoah, in English "Holocaust Remembrance Day".  It marks eighty years since the liberation of the Nazi death camps.  To start I'd like to tell you about Ruth Cohen. Ruth is a survivor of Auschwitz.  Ruth and her sister Teresa survived, eventually being liberated in May 1945.  When Ruth and … Continue reading Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

No

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." - Mahatma Gandhi The Ugliness is the Hope. Resist. Persist. Oppose. Propose. Be the opposition with a proposition. Be the Pebble  

Tariffs 101

There seems to be a lot of misinformation being spread about import tariffs.  OK, maybe it's better to be direct and say lies.  Either the president is misinformed, stupid, or lying when he explains that tariffs are a tax on China.  They are not.  Tariffs are a tax paid by the importer of goods.  Tariffs … Continue reading Tariffs 101