Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...

Anna : Dad, how come the hair on your chest is gray, but the hair on your head is brown? Earl : They gave me a choice. No they didn’t. It...

When something happens once, it’s, like…so? But when the same thing happens again, something beyond the normal range of ordinary behavior, ...

I bought a book for my recent trip to Toronto to read on the airplane. I have specific requirements in an “airplane book.” The book has to...

Two things bring this story to mind. One was the less that sunny reaction to my post concerning the late nineteenth century Polish rabbis wh...

I’m ten years old. I’m sitting in Toronto’s minor league ballpark, Maple Leaf Stadium, at the bottom of Front Street. In those days, Toronto...

Last year, I attended a UCLA Extension class on the origin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I learned a lot in that class. But this s...

Writers hate to believe this. But when something rings true, whether you like to believe it or not, it’s undeniable. I’m working on Major Da...