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Reading the international and domestic news is a surreal experience, complete with piracy on the open seas and heart-stopping roller coaster rides each day on Wall Street. Let's start with the pirates - 2008 style. On November 15, Somali pirates seized a huge Saudi-owned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean off the Kenyan coast. More ... There's a new book out on the life, loves and brutality of V. S. Naipaul, a man who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Is there a Nobel Prize for Wife Beating? If so, Naipaul would have won that, too, easily. More ... Israel's discredited Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had this to say about peace negotiations with the Palestinians on his farewell visit to President George W. Bush: "In principle there is nothing to prevent us from reaching an agreement on the core issues in the near future. I believe it is possible. I believe it is timely. A declaration is needed. More ... Editor: I just read the article "Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial" (Nov. 29, 2008) about Rabbi Geller's "dream" to erect such a monument on the Boardwalk. Let me state univocally that I am totally opposed to such a sacred place in that location. More ... Suddenly I thought of the "B" word. Now don't get upset. I realize that this is a family column and I am not going to discuss matters that are not suitable for young and/or sensitive eyes. (But I must admit that those far younger than I can go through an entire litany of alphabetical letters that stand for subjects not fit for print. More ... Anyone deserving of an 'Honorable Menschen,' can contact Howard Berger via his e-mail: Howardberger9798@aol.com or by fax: 822-3670. More ... |
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