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August 9th, 2016 - 10:44 am § in Misc.

BUCHENWALD 132: On Elie Wiessel and Bill Quick

On FACEBOOK: Bill Quick responding to a post about Buchenwald: “It is so sad that Stephen continues to mislead readers with these statements. (1) There is no documentation that I am aware of that Dr. Robert Schwartz actually provided “medical care” at Buchenwald. There is a letter[...]

August 1st, 2016 - 7:39 am § in Misc.

BUCHENWALD 130: More Buchenwald Boys

More Buchenwald boys   Ken Waltzer  FACEBOOK  More Buchenwald boys who went to Mandate Palestine after liberation from the Nazi camps and who, after a time at the Magdiel Agricultural School, enlisted in the Palmach and fought in 1948 for national independence.  Tracking Buchenwald boys who went[...]

July 31st, 2016 - 11:49 pm § in Misc.

Visiting Mars

Posted by Stephen Schwartz on Sunday, January 31, 2016[...]

July 25th, 2016 - 5:19 am § in The Ave Scene

A setpiece debate: District 7 candidates give librul answers

One reason that politics has become money is the lack of any content in the media. This isn’t a debate. It is boring theater made up from preset questions followed by utterly programmed talking points ……  grand issues everyone agrees on but not a nod to issues specific to this Con[...]

July 23rd, 2016 - 8:30 am § in Misc.

BLACK LIVES MATTER: A FB Dialogue on Christian Guilt vs White Guilt

Stephen Schwartz As a non Christian, I find it offensive that my skin color somehow means I am to blame for what Christians did. That is not to say that there were not bad Jews as well as good Jews but we too suffered hugely from the invention of racism, a Christian idea that was  not […][...]

July 19th, 2016 - 1:18 am § in Misc.

BUCHENWALD 129: Who is this boy?

Among other Buchenwald youths (Ken Waltzer from FACEBOOK) Congresswoman Claire Booth Luce interviewed while visiting Buchenwald was “an emaciated 6 1/2 year old boy,”  who she thought had been picked up in Paris after curfew and who had been at Buchenwald for a considerable time.  The [...]

July 14th, 2016 - 10:01 am § in Misc.

Why the TPP is the best response to Chinese imperialism

A FB Dialog  Ed Hodapp Given China’s decision to declare an air defense zone in the vast region of the Pacific Ocean known as the South China Sea, I have decided to reverse my position on the TPP. I now support its ratification. It is vital that the nations of the Pacific Ocean form increased[...]

July 14th, 2016 - 9:40 am § in Jews, Misc.

WHY DO HOSPITALS — USE RACIAL PROFILING?

A FB Dialog About “Race”  ‎Sheila Charles‎ to Stephen Schwartz Stephen when people refer to themselves as being hispanic, Italian, Irish, Jewish, German, etc. etc. they refer to their ethnicity. The fact of the matter is that all people consist of three major races. Regardless of[...]

July 12th, 2016 - 2:55 pm § in The Ave Scene

Of Pramila and Brady: a Dialogue on Facebook

Over at FB, I asked a Bernieoid, Jack Smith ,why he was supporting Pramila Jayapal for Cingress in the the 7th Congressional District.   My question arose because Jayapal was a Bernie endorser, but she does not live in this District.   Stephen Schwartz So why do you support Pramila over Brady? D[...]

July 3rd, 2016 - 9:23 am § in Misc.

BUCHENWALD 127: Elie Wiesel Will Never See MY Dad’s Photographs

My heart is broken.  Elie Wiesel is dead. Most of my life Elie Weisel was a second sun … a bright star in  the solar system, a star that served as a center of gravity when this post-Holocaust world seemed too flawed to be endured. Elie’s death hurts so much more because my own fight s[...]