Just the Thing

I have had a couple of tick-borne illnesses, one that made me chronically ill (Lyme Disease) and ehrlichiosis that nearly killed me. Now, right before I have to appear before the judge for the first time in the divorce I did not initiate, I am struck again, sick and hurting. I need this like a hole in the head.

Pro Basketball's Best

I used to be a huge fan of professional basketball during the Magic-Bird era, and then, watching the incomparable Michael Jordan. I know any list of this sort is a debate starter, but here goes:Starting five by skill level not position- Twin Towers of Bill Russell from the Dons of San Francisco and the force behind so many Boston Celtics championships and Wilt Chamberlain with his brief stay at the University of Kansas and on several National Basketball Association teams and perhaps oddly, the Harlem Globetrotters on a team of showmen that with Chamberlain probably would have been capable of beating any team in the NBA. Wings of the aforementioned Magic Johnson (out of Michigan State and leading the Lakers to their second era of dominance), Oscar Robertson from the University of Cincinnati, who won only one championship with the Milwaukee Bucks, but who was the first and one of the few pro players to ever average a triple double (points, rebounds, and assists), and last but certainly not least, Michael Jordan, the North Carolina Tarheel who with the Chicago Bulls was virtually unbeatable once he had a quality team around him. To summarize these starters would have the greatest defensive force of all-time in Russell, the only player to score a hundred points in a single game in Chamberlain, the most balletic point producer in Jordan, and two assist kings in Robertson and Johnson with Magic being the first one through five positionless player to be dominant in the game.

Ever on Sunday

I would never question the Lord. I am an infinitesimal being, less than a speck to the Grand Creator of all things. I offer myself humbly as His servant on Sunday and all other days.

Chose Somebody Else

Maybe, Muslims should be the "Chosen People". After all, there are a couple of billion of them as opposed to around fifteen million Jews- if even that many- thirteen million might be the more credible number. There is one tiny Jewish State as opposed to fifty-seven Muslim nations (with many other countries likely to soon have Muslim majorities). Islamic nations have vast natural resources, including most of the world's oil while the Jewish State has almost no natural resources. Is it too late for the Lord to change his choice?

Now the Floods

As a Jew, I often wish we were a little less chosen. As if generations of persecution, including genocide was not enough, now ten Jewish teens have just drowned on a hike in Israel. We have too much tragedy to contend with to think "chosen" is a good thing.

Not Great Britain

The British seem to be marking disabled babies for death. After murdering Charlie Gard, Britain is determined to kill Alfie Evans before he reaches his second birthday. The English are allowing themselves to become as warped as Germans were just before World War II.

Now Knife Control

Great Britain has long had stringent laws restricting the possession of firearms. Now, with knife attacks on the ride, England is instituting bans on carrying knives and even screwdrivers. These laws will not work. If someone is determined to murder, they may do so with a rock, a branch, their hands, a piece of broken glass, or any number of other items that are readily at hand everywhere and can never be legislated out of existence. The murders are not due to the presence of knives or guns but due to the absence of morality in those doing the killing.