Comment on Boil-water advisories: Aug. 2, 2017

Why have Catholics and evangelicals been rejoicing at the overturn of Roe v. Wade when Jesus wouldn’t be? If Jesus were among us today, I’m confident that he’d picket abortion clinics. In a tender, gentle way he’d implore a pregnant woman not to abort. He would admonish the U. S.

Andy Rudnick has three daughters who are single and dating. So each time there are applicants to his new matchmaking app, JEWZZ, they get a personal, fatherly once-over from the veteran party entrepreneur. Rudnick, who has been operating the famed Matzoball Jewish singles gatherings since 1987, says he screens for inappropriate language, photos and conversations.

Q: Ira, there is so much being said about Jimmy Butler and an extension this summer, but no one is talking about what the Heat are about to do with Bam Adebayo. Three years at $165 million is a lot of scratch for a player who never will be your leading scorer.

The column by WLRN Americas Editor Tim Padgett in the May 26 edition of the Sun Sentinel (“What’s outrageous in Miami is the outrage — and TSA’s Cuba optics”) discusses identity politics and cultural sensitivity, but fails to address legitimate security concerns about the five-hour tour by Cuban officials to secure areas of Miami International Airport (MIA) on May 20, 2024. Padgett left out important context.

“Democracy is on the ballot” is an oft-heard phrase. But those who say it, and the media covering them, don’t do a good job of explaining what this highfalutin phrase means, so here’s an attempt to fill the information gap. Democracy is a system of government in which supreme power is vested in the people, exercised through elected representatives, with the emphasis on “the people.” It’s not hard to foresee the adverse, democracy-weakening effects of any or all of the following: Real threats to the fairness of future elections at local, state and federal levels (look at the trend in voter-suppression laws since 2016). Heightened attacks on freedom of the press, using federal power (investigations, tax audits, changes to libel and defamation laws) to suppress or unduly influence the information available to voters. A widening gap between what the people want and what government delivers.

General Daily Insight for June 02, 2024 Rare and wonderful blessings are showering upon us all! Luna is moving through Aries, and will conjoin both tender Chiron and brave Mars, driving us to better ourselves and learn from old mistakes. The skies positively pulsate with power when bountiful Jupiter in Gemini makes a harmonious trine to transformative Pluto at 8:13 pm EDT!