This week, soldiers across the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took part in a special project to visit Holocaust survivors across the country. "Flower to the Survivor" was born three years ago in 2005 as an initiative of the IDF Education Corp and the Museum of the Ghetto Fighters and promised that 1,000 Holocaust survivors across the country […]
Schooling isn’t education
Until the moment I withdrew my sons from state education in the UK, I confused education with schooling. It’s a common mistake, and one which is easier to make if you have been through the state education machine yourself. The state spends considerable amounts of money – our money! – persuading us that the two […]
A Tangled Web of Jurisdiction and Partisan Politics
Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522. February 27, 2007. When the Dobbs Ferry Party (“DFP”) learned on Friday afternoon that the referendum to move the election date had been nullified, they should not have been surprised. The ruling by Westchester County Commissioner LaFayette that an impetuous Village Clerk had grossly overstepped her jurisdiction by filing and […]
Mortadella? Molto Bella!
The nun with the baking tray covered in aluminium foil came over to the stop where we waiting to catch the bus from Catania to Taormina in Sicily. A teenage girl instantly stood up and offered the nun a seat, which was gratefully accepted. In return, the nun offered the girl the tray, […]
Scott Adam’s Interview creator of Dilbert
I was very bored the other day and needed something to write about so i thought about how many great bloggers there were out there and thought hmmm why not interview one. So i googled the word "blog" and came across the Scott Adams Blog, the creator of the comic Dilbert. Having been a massive […]
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