Midwest Trip

Elan and I spent last weekend in Chicago and St. Louis on a college campus tour (U of Chicago, Northwestern, and WashU). On the way we visited Abe Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, IL. Lincoln sure knew how to deliver a speech! In addition to the Gettysburg Address, there was a plaque with the text of [...]

24

Seems like everyone is caught up in the TV hit “24″ - including one of my favorite bloggers, the ADDeRabbi. Daphna is a big fan and I have taken to watching it with her. Last weekend I read a piece in the New Yorker which raised some concerns, notably that this is the first popular [...]