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Michael Kuttner
Smoke and mirrors
Just when you think that events can sink no lower or become more absurd, reality kicks in to prove that indeed there are still...
Side effects known and unknown
This quote by the late Barry Commoner, an American cellular biologist, university professor and politician, succinctly sums up the situation we find ourselves in...
Dubious diplomacy
Is it better to rely on diplomatic negotiations or instead to take direct action which promises a far more promising outcome? Is a judicious...
Narishkeit
Yiddish is a most expressive language which often defies perfect translation into English as well as conveying its emotional intent.
Take the word narishkeit for...
Stretching credibility to the limit
This past week provided further proof that credibility can be stretched to almost infinite lengths.
The death from COVID of Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of...
Fatally flawed dead ends
When one has traversed down a dead-end road in the past and discovered that it leads nowhere but to dangerous territory, it is inconceivable...
Double double toil and trouble
The witches’ incantation from Macbeth succinctly describes the developing chaos now facing many citizens in various countries.
As they stirred the boiling cauldron the opening...
Hobson’s choice
Tuesday 3 November 2020 presents American voters with a dilemma as they cast their ballots in one of the craziest elections in the history...
How much worse can it get?
On the evidence so far we are already facing a new (Jewish) year which is plumbing the depths of insanity and unbelievable imbecility.
Love embraces...
March of Folly
Now that the Chagim (Festivals) are over most people are looking forward to a new year devoid of past follies and one which will...
