For the uninitiated: vaudeville is an old-time stage show in the US, which featured songs and dances, juggling, and slapstick (a physical comedy with collisions,

I wouldn’t say it here. I put out a proper posting. But allow me to quote my mother, who is 89 years old and lives

Hillel Halkin’s recent piece on Annapolis in The NY Sun is so essentially sensible in its basic perceptions that I recommend you read it. Annapolis,

After Shabbat. The continued push towards Annapolis defies logic. I had had reasonable expectation that the conference would, at very least, been postponed once Rice

Will the conference be held in Annapolis on November 27? Still possible, but looking less likely. Khaled Abu Toameh is reporting in the Post that

Briefly before Shabbat and without knowledge of when I will next be on line… Don’t know where the issue of demanding that we be recognized

I don’t know what else one would call it. Consider: Olmert says unequivocally (or as unequivocally as Ehud Olmert ever says anything) that he will

Still in that holding pattern …waiting for a grandchild who gives hints but so far has not been inclined to make that big appearance…writing as

Still, still, I am in a holding pattern on personal matters. I cannot apologize for putting first things first — for what matters more than

That hiatus of which I have spoken is likely about to begin. Here I provide the briefest of postings to offer hope on several fronts: