These are some of the most visited and popular postings on this dzsokol.com web site: Is Anything Else Happening in the World Besides COVID? Is Greece the “Canary” for Economic Decline? Does AI Mean “Augmented Intelligence”? American Jewry & Israel
Is Anything Else Happening in the World Besides COVID?
The orderly control of pandemics always starts with quick and reliable testing as well as proactive and selective prevention… Neither of which are being practiced with the response to COVID. It appears that the current state of medical uncertainty (i.e.,
Is Greece the “Canary” for Economic Decline?
The continuing saga of economic decline in western democracies… Is Greece the “Canary in the Coal Mine” for how these events unfold? Update Some positive economic news: The Greek economy grew by 16.2 percent in the second quarter of 2021
Is it Time to Ban “Assault Knives”?
Update In Israel, a Moslem stabbed two men at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. Two female Border Police patrol officers at the scene shot and wounded the terrorist. Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman said: “Acts of resistance are a legitimate right
What Happened to the Dayton JCC?
My siblings and I attended the Dayton Jewish Community Center in Northwest Dayton from the 1960s to the 1990s. We went to the spacious JCC complex for swimming, basketball, racquetball, tennis, and summer camp. My sons also grew up spending
The Climate Change Subterfuge
The notion that giving more money to the federal government to help “save us” from global warming, global cooling, wayward meteors, etc., is a return to the chicanery of the dark ages. As Milton Friedman so astutely observed many years
The American Decline
A great observation from Mark Steyn about US politicians becoming complacent with the decline of America’s standing in the world: “I mean, this is the country everybody wants to come to”: Yeah, because it has no border, so it’s easy.
Who is in Charge at the White House?
Update Some pertinent comix from brother Ronn: August 28, 2021 Here is a scary scenario envisioned by Kunstler: Some of said bigwigs, including the managing parties behind “Joe Biden,” might be cooking up a neat operation in which
Cincy Tennis Open 2021
We attended the Western & Southern Open at the tennis center in Mason, Ohio. There were many extra matches today due to the rainouts from yesterday. We watched portions of 4 matches: Dimitrov vs Bublik; Murray vs Hurkacz; Medvedev vs
Big Tech Embarrasses Itself
The Taliban terrorists are approved Twitter users, while the former US President is permanently suspended… The self-destruction continues: Twitter’s standards were called into question on Sunday after users pointed out that a key Taliban spokesman has been using the platform
American Jewry and Israel
The relationship between American Jews and the state of Israel is very complex and forever evolving. This posting, which started in July 2014, originated during the Obama presidency when many leftist American Jews started to openly place the priorities of