Monthly Archives: June 2011
Think, Lisa Bloom
p. 15 ….She taught me through her example many things: Be skeptical of what the crowd is doing, be even more skeptical of what powerful people tell us, dig up all the facts and appraise them objectively and, then and … Continue reading
think, Lisa Bloom
Page 50 Garbage in, garbage out. Read glossy rags about the personal lives of celebrities and then turn on the show to watch them sit on the couch and whine and fester. Then buy next week’s magazine to read up … Continue reading
think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, Lisa Bloom
Page 60 ….Most Americans…now believe that women should have equal rights and funding in education and sports…and that women should be considered for any job for which we’re qualified. And we are rocking the house in education. And yet we … Continue reading
Aurora Dawn, Herman Wouk
Natural philosophy has reached a stage of progress at which it can predict with confidence that the mixing of certain substances will produce a material capable of detonating, to the detriment of the persistence of life and property within a … Continue reading
The Language God Talks, Herman Wouk, Calculus
Page 5 …This formidable fellow [Feynman] walked out of the building with me, and said as we were parting, “Do you know calculus?” I admitted that I didn’t “You had better learn it,” he said. “It’s the language God talks.” … Continue reading
The Language God Talks, Herman Wouk, Puckish
Page 16 A byname for God in Aramaic is Atik Yomin, Ancient of Days. Einstein now and then spoke of his work as wresting secrets from Der Alter, the Old One. He was being puckish, of course, and so no … Continue reading
The Language God Talks, Herman Wouk, Religion works for you
Page 68 It is a fair question [how Wouk could be pious and still succeed], all the same, and serious people can probably figure out the answer for themselves. Unserious people say to me after a prod or two — … Continue reading
The Language God Talks, Herman Wouk, OLAM
Page 94 The Hebrew root word for the universe, OLAM, takes in not only all Space but all Time, and it can mean this world as well, our beautiful little Australia in space, which has been circling the Sun, so … Continue reading
The Language God Talks, Herman Wouk, Religion moral philosophy
Page 161 “Religion was moral philosophy, science was natural philosophy, and enlightened men and women could be at home in both.” Page 164 “Now for my old-guy Talmudic handling of science and religion —“….”I’ve told you that for me they’re … Continue reading
The Language God Talks, Herman Wouk, Coda
Coda: “Heroes of the Iliad” (Aaron Jastrow’s Theresienstadt sermon) “In Job, as in most great works of art, the main design is very simple. His comforters maintain that since one Almighty God rules the universe, it must make sense. Therefore … Continue reading
The Bible and meaningful books 