Between the Presets

Thoughts from holidays and hospital visits.

Is refusing to enforce laws in our cities being used as a weapon?

Are we making progress or just different mistakes?

Are we being freed by modern technology or are we being enslaved by it?

Some thougjts about a holiday that should be renamed.

Food does not only nourish and fill us. It can teach us as well.

It is a given that we will differ, but in what manner shall we do so?

Learning when to remember and when to forget. Science jokes. Thoughts about borders and immigration.

Real choices in America's Election 24 and blunt talk about Israel and its war for survival.

Correction added prior to podcast.

Common denominatiors are not only a mathematical concept but a social one as well.

The hidden costs of reduced birth rates.

Hannukah themes as well as filtering and replacing toxic aspects of popular culture.

Thoughts about the travel and suppression of information.

A lot of talk about cultural appropriation and "erasure" needs to be put into perspective.

These are some of my thoughts while visiting Israel in war time.

The collateral damage of the war between Israel and Gaza has extended to truth andcivility around the world.

All three of these countries welcome their kinsmen abroad. For this, all three of them should be lauded.

All three of these countries welcome their kinsmen abroad. For this, all three of them should be lauded.

Amnesia seems to be the most powrful force driving history, and usually not in a good way. Do not confuse trust in our Creator with faith in human goodness.

Some less heard perspectives of Israel at war, "self determination" and "inalienable rights".

Thoughts about war in Israel and Gaza

Thoughts about recent events in Israel and the "right" to "self determination".

Omer Adam Idan Raichel Matanot Ktanot (Israeli Music) Falun Gong persecution, Congolese Genocide Rwandan Genocide Holodomor.

Thoughts on technology and how it shapes us.

Some wildly random thoughts on personal growth and evoution moving forward into the New Year of 5784.

Thoughts about 9/11 and the lynching of Robert Prager. The mindset of studying history can guide us in reviewing and improving our own lives.

Thoughts about the new year and preparing for it.

Thoughts of the Jewish New Year, new beginnings and the benefits of letting go.

The plight of the wrongfully convicted and the question of why bad things happen to good people trouble us all. How do we make such questions a rarity?

Thoughts about the internet, the free flow of ideas and unintended effects of computers on mental agility.

It is not only every picture that tells a story. Food and drink should be listened to as well #icedtea #turkishcoffee #weirdfood

People come to America and find common cause with countymen who would have been strangers at home. Those immigrants have a lot to teach us at a time when social divisions are sadly encouraged.

Getting caught in an undertow ad a child taught me a lot about ifentifying and coping with crisis situations.

A discussion of free speech, its repression and the responsibilities that come with rights.

Thoughts about the film Sound of Freedom and the desire in some quarters to discredit it.

This podcast is my observations after spending ten days in Albania and Montenegro, two countries that have long held a fascination for me.

The way we interpret history influences how we chart our future. This seems particularly relevant on Juneteenth.

This is a story of a young boy who was deported with his family to Siberia from Soviet occupied Poland. The podcast also notes the 70th anniversary of an anti communist revolt in Germany in 1953. Due to a multitude of technical problems last week, it is a remake that corrects some mistakes and makes some new ones.

People who have lived through history can shed much light on it. Stories from the former Soviet Union about life under Stalin deserve more attention. This podcast is a brief exploration of one such story.