Optimism & Pessimism

Here in Illinois, coupled with the disgust, is an inverse sense of pride at the history of our elected officials' audacity. The upshot is: "That's the way it was, is and forever will be; we might as well laugh at it."

Even if there is reason to be optimistic about the future, is it socially responsible to focus on a bright future when the present is so bleak?

Our spending or saving habits, our optimism or pessimism, plays a role in determining whether we descend into a recession or catapult back into economic expansion. How does this rule of finances apply to our own lives as a whole?

I dialed the number for the Health Ministry. They told me that if the message was sent to me, it was not a mistake, and that I must go into quarantine for two weeks

I really wanted to do it, because Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the rabbi-turned-hero of Poway had asked. But I couldn't…

No, Madoff is not a rabid terrorist, a ruthless gangster or a sociopath. What's frightening is that he's not much different than many of us, madly believing that, "Whatever I do, I'm still a good person."