As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 2nd, 2019. My retirement date, every time you ask me that, I’m going to say five years. I don’t want to retire. Jamie Dimon In preparing this column I decided to do a Google search on the phrase “secure financial future”. I figured there would be a high […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 25th, 2019. Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. -Sam Walton A few days ago our family did a navigation game in Old Jaffa. I highly recommend it as it was both educational and lots of fun. As part of the navigation challenge, we were […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 19th, 2019. One of my favorite parts of the Pesach holiday is the role that charity plays in it. Turn on the radio and you are bound to hear an appeal to donate to some organization that provides food packages for the needy. Walk around the streets of […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 12th, 2019. The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them. – Thomas Sowell Don’t panic. A week is a […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 5th, 2019. Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders. -Thomas Sowell We have entered the stretch run of the Israeli elections. So far the highlight […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 28th, 2019. Well-a, beat the drum and hold the phone,/ The sun came out today./ We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field./ A-roundin’ third, and headed for home,/ It’s a brown-eyed handsome man,/ Anyone can understand the way I feel. Ooohh –/ Put me in coach, I’m ready to play today/ Put me in […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 22nd, 2019. Hesitation is often like procrastination. One may have vague doubts and feel a need to mull things over; meanwhile, other issues intrude on thought, and no decision is taken. Ask people why they procrastinate, and you probably won’t get a crisp answer. -Robert J. Shiller So […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 15th, 2019. Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one’s children. –William Bennett I’d like to start by wishing my wife a happy anniversary! If the next 19 years are anything like the first 19, we […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 8th, 2019. Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. –Donald Trump Ever receive a super cool gift, start using it and then realize that there has to be more to do with it […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 1st, 2019. Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother. –Susan B. Anthony “I really do sound like my mother.” When we are young parents the thought that we will end up […]
