by Jack Moline | Mar 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In Hebrew, a koontz is a trick, sometimes what in English would be called a prank, sometimes a hack, and sometimes what a smart aleck says to get away with something. I really considered using a koontz for this column, putting Bishop Larry Campbell’s words at the top...
by Jack Moline | Feb 21, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
In the last episode of the Israeli television series “Shtisel,” the father quotes Isaac Bashevis Singer, a secular Yiddish writer. It is a bit of a stretch for even a fictional ultra-orthodox rabbi from a notably insular community to be quoting the famously secular...
by Jack Moline | Jan 19, 2023 | Opinion
Carol Davidson was my mother-in-law. She was born and raised in the badlands of New York City and managed to maintain her accent, her elbows and her pithy observations despite being exiled to Virginia as a young bride. Carol was a mere slip of a thing, as much a...
by Jack Moline | Dec 19, 2022 | Opinion
It is hard for producers of news programs to decide which fatal circumstances to put at the top of the hour. By the time you get to the happy story about the kid or the dog at the end, it is easy to wonder if it’s even worth it. For the individual who begins with a...
by Jack Moline | Nov 8, 2022 | Opinion
Conservative Christian talk-show host Tony Beam’s words may be a dangerous and divisive statement in today’s political climate. Indeed, there are plenty of people on the right and the left who may take them as “fightin’ words.” I consider them wise. Here is what he...
