Category Archives: Government activism
Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage
The Torah does not like gays. For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was written by men. Its intolerance toward homosexuals can be written off as the outdated bigotry of a bygone age. For others, it is not a challenge at… Read More »
Ted Belman and the anti-Obama Smear Machine
Right-wing pro-Israel blogger Ted Belman has recently embarrassed himself by joining the stampede of conservative Republicans so desperate to keep Senator Barack Obama out of the White House that they’ll say just about anything to scare people out of voting for him. Make no mistake, Belman and his ilk are scared. The smear tactics which… Read More »
Fraudulent charity warning: Macular Degeneration Association / American Medical Research Organization
April 25, 2008 Bill McCollum Attorney General The Capital PL-01 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 E-mail: ag.mccollum@myfloridalegal.com Dear Mr. McCollum: I am writing to bring to your attention a fraudulent charity that is operating out of Florida and scamming well-meaning individuals. I received a solicitation yesterday for an organization calling itself “Macular Degeneration Association” and which identifies… Read More »
Outrageously biased BBC News Hour story about the blockade of Gaza
To: worldservice@bbc.co.uk Cc: letters@camera.org, kklose@npr.org, info@wbur.bu.edu To whom it may concern: I just heard on the BBC News Hour, broadcast on the NPR station WBUR of Boston, an outrageously one-sided story about Hamas and the blockade of Gaza.
Letter to Sen. Bill Nelson about electoral reform
March 28, 2008 Dear Senator Nelson, I have just finished reading a March 27 article on cnn.com which discusses your proposal to overhaul the primary system, as well as to abolish the electoral college. I think you are right that the primary system needs to be reformed, and I have some ideas about how to… Read More »
Letting blind people drive
On the topic of mandatory periodic retesting of senior citizens when they renew their driver’s licenses, my wife recently had this letter printed in the Boston Herald (under the completely nonsensical headline “Rights watered down”, thus proving yet again that the Herald really needs to hire some better headline writers): Over a decade ago, it… Read More »
Judge Tuttman unfairly vilified
I sent this letter to the editor to the Boston Herald three days ago:
Green Card process benefits no one but the lawyers
I’m sitting in a meeting right now discussing Green Card labor certification, which is the first step in the process to get one of the people who works for me his Green Card. I am having the same reaction today that I had the last time I want through this… The Green Card process seems… Read More »
Abject apologies from the USPS
In response to my complaint to the US Postal Service about delayed mail and their handling of it, I have received two letters. I also received a couple of phone calls, during which I informed the callers that I had no time to discuss my complaints with them on the phone, so if they had… Read More »