I'm off to pick up Groovin' from the airport.
- Haveil Havalim #222 is up at The Real Shaliach. He has a few links about his upcoming wedding to le7; I always enjoy couples who met through their blogs. Last time I went to a wedding in Milwaukee it was beautiful, not to mention a tiny fraction of the price of one in New York.
- ProfK has a very interesting look back to how shidduchim would work "back in the olden days".
- Via NMF#7, President Obama is now calling out FOX for being "too critical". It is mind-boggling how this country has turned, to the point that the only media network that actually presents both sides of stories involving the White House is actually called out by the President. Meanwhile, almost nobody cares. JoeSettler has a piece (about Israel) on how the greatest threat to democracy is apathy. I don't think this country will get that far, but by the time people start caring about what's happening the country will be almost irreversibly changed, to its detriment. Unfortunately, when the subject is primarily economics, 99% of the country seems to think it's beyond them and therefore they have no say. It's sad.
- Orthonomics has one of the greatest comment threads going on education, tuition, and the Jewish community. Money quote:
Why are the best and most insightful discussions of one of the most pressing issues in the frum world taking place on a blog??! Where are our leaders, our institutions, our media? Why is this not being addressed directly and seriously by people in positions of authority??
The cynic in me says that the quality of conversation here on this topic is because it's anonymous, while the situation is so bad no one wants to put their name on the truth. Or worse, because the responsible leaders are well placed in the status quo (how many of our leaders are roshei yeshiva?), and any realistic solutions would change or diminish their power and standing. :-(- Some people are too bored:
Beit Shemesh rabbis issue modesty rules City's religious and secular residents find booklets in their mailboxes instructing women to keep hair tied, wear long-sleeved shirts and skirts without slit
Sunday, June 21, 2009
EZ Reads: 6/21/09
Mazel tov to B & JB (of the How I Met Serach series) on their 4th anniversary today! :)
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Too critical? That's a shanda! Seriously! How does the president of the first country to mandate freedom of speech get away with calling the media too critical? The guy who reached his current position by claiming everyone who went before was just not good enough?
ReplyDeleteThis is the kind of thing I knew would happen if we elected a nice, sweet, naive guy as president. He wants to be graded on effort, not results. Well, welcome to the real world, Mr. Do-Gooder.
The Fox cable channel is the only station in America that is quite accurate, showing info from both sides. Some people though(the left) can't handle it.
ReplyDeletecomments whining about the fact that those with authority are not doing anything are generally made by people who are too lazy or too stupid to do something themselves.
ReplyDeleteNoone else is going to solve your problems except you.
Is it true Peta was going crazy about Obama swatting at a fly, though?
ReplyDeleteI thought that he was petty, to say the least. Many other presidents have been criticized, yet they felt it was beneath them to dignify the criticism with a response like that.
ReplyDeleteOh, and thanks for the hat tip!
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