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February 2017

February 27, 2017

About that transgender wrestler

In the news over the weekend: Mack Beggs, a 17-year-old junior, biologically a girl but...

February 27, 2017

Copycat vandalism?

After the vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in an inner-ring St. Louis suburb last weekend,...

February 24, 2017

Another Vincent Chin?

So I've spent some time reading about Adam Purinton, accused of killing one man, and shooting...

February 23, 2017

What do you know about University City, Missouri?

Well, to begin with, it's not Ferguson. But I spent some time trying to hunt...

February 22, 2017

The St. Louis cemetery vandalism: maybe not a hate crime?

In the news this week: a Jewish cemetery in Missouri was vandalized, with about 200...

February 22, 2017

A question for readers: bomb threats?

You all know about the bomb threats called in to various Jewish Community Centers, right?...

February 22, 2017

Am I a feminist?

This is a genre of posts that's reappearing again (e.g., Rebecca Hamilton at Public Catholic and...

February 21, 2017

Can Obama save Chicago?

That's what Heidi Stevens, in a column in Sunday's Tribune, imagines. Soon enough, Jackson Park...

February 21, 2017

Why don’t “Dreamers” dream of Mexico?

That is, could Mexican-born American high school graduates return to Mexico for their university education?...

February 19, 2017

Week 4: The Flynn leaks, and, when do the ends justify the means?

I'm starting to think that I'll write one Trump post per week (and this counts...

February 18, 2017

Holocaust and Survival (or, Auschwitz vs. Babi Yar)

About 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust. This figure is sometimes cited as "between...

February 17, 2017

What you don’t know about that $89,000 drug

Well, what you probably won't know, unless you're a diligent reader of Fortune or spent...

February 17, 2017

What would an Arab-majority state of Israel look like?

That's the issue with the "one-state solution," isn't it? The Arabs, predominantly Muslim, wouldn't necessarily...

February 16, 2017

Why the immigration-raid fear? Thank facebook and twitter

Earlier this week, the newspaper was full of articles like this one: "Trump rhetoric has...

February 15, 2017

More to the story: a “heroic” 5th grade basketball team?

In today's Tribune (originally from the Washington Post): "Fifth-grade Catholic youth team forfeits season rather...

February 15, 2017

“Separate and unequal” school-funding discrimination? Not so fast!

The Chicago Public Schools, and its CEO Forrest Claypool, in a long-running battle to get...

February 14, 2017

From the Library, Under the Sun

This is a movie, not a book. Here's the premise: a Russian filmmaker, Vitaly Mansky,...

February 13, 2017

Is doctoring a “job Americans won’t do”?

Or, by tight medical-school admissions, high tuition rates, and the long hours of residency, have...

February 12, 2017

Next family history destination: Zion Lutheran Church

So the big fuss about the Budweiser commercial showing Adolphus Busch coming to St. Louis,...

February 10, 2017

For-profit hospitals – in Europe?

Yeah. I don't know all that much but Deutsche Welle had an article about a...

February 10, 2017

Zero tolerance on under-the-table work

Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget,...

February 08, 2017

Week 3 – the crazy continues

I admit I'm still not used to the idea of Donald Trump as president. It...

February 08, 2017

The Holocaust and “what happened next”

If this were any other subject than what it is, this post would be perfect...

February 05, 2017

A few words on Depo Provera

Here's what Planned Parenthood has to say about the risks and side effects of Depo...

February 04, 2017

Do you believe in the Singularity?

According to Wikipedia, the (technological) singularity is defined as that moment in the future when...

February 01, 2017

Apparently, it won’t play in Peoria

OK, that's a lame post title; maybe I'll come up with something wittier later. But...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

What next, Boy Scouts?

Was it inevitable? The Chief Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, Michael Surbaugh, announced...

January 31, 2017

Homelessness, healthcare, and, yes, gaming the system

In the news the other day, "Hawaii bill would classify homelessness as medical condition." Yes,...

January 30, 2017

How many Americans should die to save Syrian lives? (A “safe zone” question)

That's what it comes down to, ultimately. There are about 12.5 million Syrian refugees, according...

January 30, 2017

What does democracy look like?

Not this: according to a couple recent articles that passed through my twitter feed recently....

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