Christmas was formally declared a United States Federal Holiday in the 1800’s. Christmas is the most celebrated holiday worldwide. It’s traditional underpinnings of joy and peace can inherently serve as a powerful human unifying factor. However in 1958 a ideology was launched, aided by AIPAC, to included Hanukkah as part of the national celebration and […]
Nicely done Holly
Happy New Year! I just woke up from a 20-year cryogenic sleep. Whussup?! I need your DSL to torrent the latest Britney single, and to use whatever replaced Google to find a Blockbuster — gotta rent Felicity on DVD! Team Noel! Hmm, I should call my mom and my Blackberry isn’t working. I’ll just pop […]
Surfing More Sport or Religion?
I rarely reprint other people’s brilliance but being back at the beach I was deeply moved by this story by Jaimal Yogis who mentions Sam George saying, “Palace of Stoke”. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/07/is-surfing-more-religion-than-sport/533721/ Surfing More Sport or Religion? Even hardcore devotees disagree, though many acknowledge there’s something profoundly spiritual about catching waves—a feeling scientists attribute to the […]
The American Dream, History’s Most Dynamic Capitalism
In the United States, our freedoms of speech, the press, and the right of people to peacefully assemble were intended to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and our Posterity.” This is the underlying right of all Americans to what I term financial freedom. By reading my book, “Reawakening an American Dream” and applying […]