Bernard Starr
ARTICLES BY: Bernard Starr
Not a Native American? You’re an Immigrant
Ever since the beginning of the great Jewish Diaspora after the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, Jews have been on...
Advocacy For the Young Is the Best Advocacy For Seniors
The Bible tells us that just before he died, Jacob blessed his two grandsons, and he prophesied that Ephraim and Manasseh would become role models...
Update on the Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century
On June 1, 2011, I posted an alert that the pandemic disease of the 21st century was on the rise. That disease—Posterior Alimentary Canal Syndrome...
A Jewish King and Queen of England? It’s Possible
Two unrelated Jews from different walks of life meet in an unlikely place and discover they are connected. You've heard that story before in Jewish...
The Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century Is on the Rise
Today I have the grim task of sounding an alarm about the spread of an illness that is rapidly becoming the pandemic disease of the...
Should Obama Show His School Transcripts?
With the birther issue finally put to rest, Donald Trump has now turned to Obama's intellectual abilities: "I heard he was a terrible student." That rumor...
When Social Security Meets Immortality
Here we go again -- another article (New York Times, April 4, 2011) bashing seniors with the accusation that Social Security is bringing down the economy....
Sub-Prime Mortgages and Harry the Snake
Sub-prime mortgages still plague the housing market. Real estate watch-dog Housing Wire, citing statistics compiled by Realty Trak, recently reported that "Lenders filed a record 3.8...
Stop Kvetching. Self-Publishing Is Here To Stay – And Vaulting Ahead
Since the publication of my Huffington Post article on the merits of self-publishing in December 2010, I've received mostly positive -- and appreciative -- comments. But...
Senior Bashing Is Back in Season
Surely paying off the national debt, which this year has reached the astronomical figure of over $14 trillion, and is growing at a rate of...
The Right to Bear Arms for National Defense. Wrong!
Last fourth of July, while sitting in the living room of my historic farm house in Lenox, Massachusetts, which was built by Elijah Northrup in...
We Are A Religious Nation – Or Are We?
A journalist once asked Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of Western civilization. He answered: "It's a good idea. They ought to try it". Similarly, we...
Self-Publishing Offers No Hassle and Big Potential Profits. Is It For You?
A New Yorker cartoon shows a surgeon and a nurse looking down on a patient on an operating table. The doctor is holding a book. The...
How Seniors can save American Education and the Economy
Education is the heart and soul of Jewish life. Undoubtedly, education is one of the pillars that has enabled Judaism to survive despite numerous...
