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WINNING CIVILIZATION: Atonement for the Functionally Apathetic | Steve Berman

WINNING CIVILIZATION: Atonement for the Functionally Apathetic | Steve Berman


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Today is the Jewish Day of Atonement, known as Yom Kippur. Observant Jews all over the world will begin fasting and praying at sundown today. It’s no ordinary fast, either. After the last drop of water is swallowed at sunset, nothing will be consumed or swallowed until sunset Wednesday. That’s called an “absolute fast” and …

CHEATERS: Lifetime Bans for Lifetime Cheats | Steve Berman

CHEATERS: Lifetime Bans for Lifetime Cheats | Steve Berman


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I am going to start this with an unusual tweet from Jimmy Donaldson aka YouTuber “Mr. Beast”: Now, for the serious part. The top chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, after two weeks of silence, publicly accusedthe man who once beat him of cheating. Carlsen shocked the chess world by resigning after one move in his last match with …

Why Democrats Will Lose | Steve Berman

Why Democrats Will Lose | Steve Berman


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As we edge closer to the mid-term elections, competitive congressional races are beginning to stand out, and the numbers become clearer. According to the latest Cook Political Report, Republicans need only take two seats more than their “leans” and favored toss-ups to gain the majority in the House. Democrats have to win 29 seats, after taking …

FAITH: Introspection is the Best Direction | Steve Berman

FAITH: Introspection is the Best Direction | Steve Berman


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Sunday night begins the annual Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) festival, leading to a ten-day period bookended by the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). The days in the middle are known as the “Days of Awe” where everyone is highly encouraged to look inside and work out anything that’s not—to be corny—Kosher. These ten days …

POST-CHRISTIAN: America’s not Christian, and Jesus is Fine With That | Steve Berman

POST-CHRISTIAN: America’s not Christian, and Jesus is Fine With That | Steve Berman


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My mind—I apologize for giving you a TMI peek—frequently works in song. I wish Billy Joel would update “We Didn’t Start the Fire” with some modern lyrics. You know, start in the 90s with Rwanda, starving children in Somalia, Mogadishu, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein. Then into the millennium: 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Osama bin Laden, George W. …

GOP: Starve It, Don’t Give Democrats a Win | Steve Berman

GOP: Starve It, Don’t Give Democrats a Win | Steve Berman


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Fifty migrants arrived in the haut monde enclave of Martha’s Vinyard, off the coast of Cape Cod last week. They were sent there by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on two chartered planes, paid for by $12 million allocated by the legislature in a bipartisan budget “to facilitate the transport of unauthorized aliens out of Florida.” Mass Gov. Charlie Baker (a …