After Germany was defeated and the Soviet Union occupied eastern Europe, the communists nationalized Jewish-owned property seized by the Nazis. After communism fell most former Soviet-bloc countries made efforts “to provide restitution and compensation to their pre-war Jewish citizens.” [...]
Archive for August, 2021
August 1st, 2021 - 2:01 pm § in Jews, Law and Courts
Poland is blocking restitution to Holocaust victims
August 1st, 2021 - 12:55 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Misc.
Will we have to pay hackers for peace?
Hackers are sophisticated criminal gangs, often based in Russia or Iran, who lock computer systems and demand ransom payments to unlock them. They’ve “targeted schools, hospitals, councils, airports, government bodies, oil pipelines, universities, nuclear contractors, insurance companies[...]
Down and out in New York
Suspended from law practice, out of money, and facing federal investigations that could land him in prison, Rudy Giuliani has no friends. At least, not in Mar-o-Lago. Read story here. It’s a familiar pattern: Trying to be Trump’s friend, and supporting him through thick and thin, gets yo[...]
August 1st, 2021 - 11:19 am § in Environment, Science
Proof the earth isn’t flat
This photo taken from the international space station while orbiting above the Pacific Ocean lays to rest the argument the earth is flat. Can we get past that now, huh? Okay. Next on the agenda: Human influence on earth’s climate. “Stability in Earth’s climate hinges on a delicate [...]
The $15 minimum wage is here
It wasn’t enacted by Congress, but by the free market. Employers have over 9 million unfilled job openings. With inflation over 5%, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour (many states have enacted higher) doesn’t cut it. No one can live on that, and no one has to. Employers like Amazo[...]