Category Archives: Opinion Pieces and Editorials

Where we are allowed to share our opinions with others.

Covenant Between the Pieces

Posted on August 17, 2011 by crocodil

Crocodil:   Covenant Between the Pieces   Look up toward the heavens And count  the stars: Six million too many.   And lo, a smoking furnace…   (Genesis 15,5;  17)     L’Alliance d’Abraham   Leve les yeux au ciel … Continue reading →

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Greater than Ourselves by Amnon Katz

Posted on August 5, 2011 by admin

Amnon Katz was a physicist, aerospace engineer, pilot, publisher, thinker, poet and essayist. At the time of his death in October of the year 2000, he held an endowed chair in aerospace engineering at the University of Alabama. For more … Continue reading →

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Incorrect Premises Lead to False Conclusions: The Case of the Aging Brain

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Aya Katz

Yesterday I came across a science news story released by the establishment. In big headlines, it read: “Evolution of Human Longevity Led to Large Brains and Brain Shrinkage”.  Always interested in comparative studies of chimpanzees and humans, I eagerly read … Continue reading →

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Editorial Policy and the Search Engines: Who Decides What is Spam?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by admin

Recently I was involved in a discussion with some internet colleagues about the relative merits of two sites for writers. I am not writing this editorial in order to run down or disparage either of those sites, even though they … Continue reading →

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Handwriting News …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by KateGladstone

/1/ I’ve just learned that I have been very recently quoted on handwriting — well, on the perils of doing it badly — in a fairly big magazine. In other (and perhaps rather more interesting) news of the handwriting world … Continue reading →

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Found: precise analysis of cursive defenders’ favorite logical errors

Posted on July 25, 2011 by KateGladstone

Found: precise analysis of cursive defenders’ favorite logical errors (I disagree, though, with this blogger’s claim that long handwritten messages are always an imposition on the reader. With well-planned practice— and a simple style of handwriting — the results can … Continue reading →

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Is it still cursive if …

Posted on July 17, 2011 by KateGladstone

Visitor Aya Katz — linguist, writer, primatologist, and handwriting rebel— posted a comment which leads to an interesting question. She writes: July 17, 2011 at 6:37 pm Kate, I agree that writing legibly is more important than writing in cursive. … Continue reading →

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The Cult of Cursive

Posted on July 17, 2011 by KateGladstone

A lot of people, lately, have been making a lot of noise about the death of cursive handwriting. They don’t want cursive to die.  Handwriting matters … But does cursive matter? Research shows that the fastest and most legible handwriters … Continue reading →

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Why the Peace Sign Makes Me Uneasy

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Aya Katz

Somebody flashes you the peace sign. What do you do? I usually try to smile it off and walk away, because, after all, not everything is worth fighting about.  But it makes me uneasy, and sometimes I have an almost … Continue reading →

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The Declaration of Independence from Government Protection

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Aya Katz

It’s the Fourth of July. People all over America are celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The majority of Americans are employees of large companies or of the government itself. Very few are independent. What does the fourth … Continue reading →

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