A Gut-Wrenching Tale // My son was clearly very sick, but his...
It was Erev Yom Kippur. The chicken soup was bubbling merrily on the stove, perfect kreplach floating inside. My candlesticks were polished to a...
The Russian Intelligence Apparatus // Russia, Ukraine, Putin & Trump; A conversation with...
Yuri Shvets is a former KGB agent who served as an undercover operative in Washington, DC, during the 1980s. He left the KGB and...
Izzy Waknin // GBC Facility Services
GBC Facility Services is a Toronto-based company founded by Izzy Waknin; it provides daily and weekly cleaning services for commercial clients. In its first...
Is Fusion About to Make Energy Free? // Hype and reality about the...
How could free energy change the world?
Among all the forms of energy production, nuclear power is the one that generates the most fear per...
Booby Traps // And how to avoid them
“I’m a good listener”
If someone tells me she’s a good listener, I wonder why she’s telling me. After all, if she’s really a good...
Black Hats, Babies and Bathwater // A language list offers silliness and sagacity
Major mirth greeted Stanford University’s Information Technology department’s list of words and terms to be shunned by the university’s publications and website.
Amplifying the amusement...
SET-AND-FORGET DINNER RECIPES // Beer Barbecue Meatballs
Serves 3-4
Sauce:
¼ cup fish-free Worcestershire sauce
1 cup barbecue sauce
1 (12-oz.) bottle beer
2 tablespoons honey
Meatballs:
1½ lbs. ground beef
¼ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon...
SET-AND-FORGET DINNER RECIPES // Asian Beef Stew
Serves 4-6
2 lb. pepper steak strips
1 (16-oz.) bag frozen mixed pepper strips
(or 1 red pepper and 1 green pepper, cut into strips)
1 (15-oz.) can...
Fully Loaded Stuffed Peppers
Serves 6
5 cans tuna in water, drained
2 tablespoons avocado-oil mayonnaise (optional)
1 tablespoon mustard (I like spicy brown or Dijon)
1 tablespoon pickle juice, from a...
Through a Social Worker’s Lens // Shiffy Lichtenstein describes the impact of...
On a bright Sunday morning, Shiffy Lichtenstein joined a circle of women sitting with journals on their laps. Shiffy, a licensed social worker, opened...






















