Arlene Goldbard

In preparation for the High Holy Days, the Jewish new year, we are asked to do a cheshbon hanefesh, a soul inventory, as a guide to whatever repair, redirection, rededication we will make for the coming year. I love new beginnings, so this is my favorite time of the year, when tradition supports my […]

This morning our local paper ? \The Contra Costa Times\ ? featured a Knight-Ridder story about Kerry’s denunciation of Bush as living “in a fantasy world of spin.” I was glad to see a glimmer of truth in print, but by the time I’d read past the lead, a sinking feeling replaced my pleasure.
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I apologize for disappearing for a week, but the Republican convention scared me blogless, which I think was the general idea. I didn’t watch the actual convention on TV, but I saw most of the stellar footage on Comedy Central’s very funny “Daily Show.” I had to scrape my jaw off the floor […]