I once had a student who asked, “Why the Jews?”
Good question, I thought. Aside from my Jewish grandmother’s propensity to find fault with the world, blaming it for her OWN woes… would say, especially towards the last year or two of her life, that people treated the Jews more despicably than black Americans, Hispanics, and [...]
Archive for July 1st, 2009
1 Jul
Stubbing the toe of indifference
1 Jul
Muggy with a side of slaw
The weather guy said, this morning, that it’ll be “super muggy” outside. It’s kind’ve funny when a “trained” meterologist refers to the outside weather as “super muggy”…. because you’d THINK there’d be a more official-like term. Like, “high pressure, 100% humidity.” Nope. He said “super muggy.” Let’s welcome the official start of SUMMA in New [...]
