My brother and sister should look at this picture and be ashamed. Today is the seventieth anniversary of our father’s entering Buchenwald to give care to inmates who had not yet escaped. Robert’s photography and writings remain locked in a lawyer’s safe in Boston, decaying be[...]
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BUCHENWALD 32: 70th anniversary of what Robert must have seen in Buchenwald
Buchenwald 31: A Tale of the destruction of three heritages.
70 years after the last Pesach under the Nazis: ∞ Umschlagplatz ,Warsaw, Poland – The city is tearing down a deteriorating wall around a square where Warsaw’s Jews were lined up for deportation to Treblinka. ∞ Charleston, North Carolina A Jewish family wants to tear down a firepl[...]
BUCHENWALD 30: Hugh Schwartz
Hugh is my younger brother. Unfortunately a bad case of sibling rivalry has led him to do some pretty outrageous things including writing very disturbing things, claiming that I hate my father and am out to destroy Hugh. He has also charged me with theft and being mentally ill. None of that is[...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: Why does ANYONE want to live there? The Maps Part III
Well … one good reason is that the Cradle of the Tea Party, first state to secede, home of the union free workplace and no minimum wage … is #10 on the list of states getting bucks out of Uncle Sugar! Lessee … low taxes, lots of guns, plenty of teen births, ..and government doles [[...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: Why does ANYONE want to live there? The Maps Part II
A few days ago, on the anniversary of Charleston’s celebrations of its resistance to the War of Northern Aggression (aka the Civil War) TA published a list of maps showing that South Carlina may be the worst of place to live in the US. These maps showed the Palmetto State as having the worst[...]
Shysters: The law is what you can get away with
A Couple of Years Ago, the AP Conducted a Poll About Lawyers And Healthcare 54% want it more difficult to sue hospitals and doctors over malpractice, 32% opposed. 58% of Independents and 61% of Republicans want lawsuit limits This public perception arises not so much because of frivolous lawsuits in[...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: A Response to My Sister
My sister, Stephanie, is the wife of William Quick a frequent troll here. She is upset that I write a lot about South Carolina, the place she and William chose as a retirement home. Stephanie feels I ought not to make an issue of their choice of a place to live. Dear Steph, You wrote […[...]
William Quick, the TROLL
I give up. I have tried to be polite to Dr. Quick. Despite his use of pseudonyms on this site and the personal hate mail he sends me, I have allowed him to post comments and even offered to let him post an article on the web itself. Sadly, this spam attack (now at 17 comments) is […][...]
Buchenwald 33. Brandeis should be ashamed.
This week, 70 years after the liberation of Buchenwald, Brandeis University has brought shame on itself. This shame, a shame to all the Jewish people, comes from the decision of the University to withdraw an offer of an honorary degree to Ayan Hirsi Ali; the offer was withdrawn, because Ayan Hirsi A[...]