Good morning, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN From all the unwanted publicity… I woke up yesterday morning to check the usual on-line news sources...

Good morning! This Saturday marks the 365th day mark for the Musings. More about the passage of this year later this week. Several...

Good morning, REST IN PEACE, MR. AND MRS. POTATO HEAD Welcome, “Potato Head” (not Mr. or Mrs.). The makers of the iconic Mr. Potato Head...

Good morning and happy weekend! MUSIC 70 London West End performers singing “When Tomorrow Comes” from Les Miz:...

Good morning! HISTORY BOOKS WORTH A LOOK Les Bider suggests two books, but I have a few others…: The Zealot and the Emancipator and the...

Good morning, CALIFORNIA IS BOTH AN AGRICULTURAL POWERHOUSE AND A WONDER OF THE WORLD Last month we took a drive up to the Bay area via...

Good morning! Let’s start today with a quote: “Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in...

Good morning, THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH In the file of “things we were taught but the next...

Happy weekend! HONORING THOSE WHO DESERVE HONOR With all the talk of those whose image or name is given prominence and who don’t...

Good morning! It’s Saturday and time for some music and poetry. MUSIC IN ISOLATION “The Room Where It Happened,” from Hamilton, starring...

Good Morning and Happy Almost-Weekend (and 350th Musing)! GREAT CRITICAL ANALYSIS In this last weekend’s New York Times Book Review,...

Happy Thursday! TOO MANY DEAD Earlier this week, we passed 500,000 American deaths from COVID. This is the fourth greatest number of...

Good morning! There is much talk these days of the need for our country to “unify” and attempts to bring people together in...

Greetings, Last week I received a call from my friend Rabbi Ron Stern regarding the Shabbat service preceding Presidents Day weekend. He...

Good morning! The favorite thing I read this week has to be the following: “For Lent this year, I plan to give up seeing my friends in...

MUSIC Some great music, one a stripped-down duo and two sung from multiple places in isolation: “Mad World,” by Curt Smith and Gary Jules...

SHORT TERM THINKING IS THE OTHER PANDEMIC Glenn Sonnenberg Jewish Journal July 2020 Enshrined in our Constitution are words worthy of...

Good morning! NATIONAL HOLIDAYS There has been a good deal of talk about making voting in elections more accessible. One of the common...