By Mickey Friedman December 18, 2019 I read that the word “poor” appears 2,000 times in the Bible. It appears once in Emma Lazarus’ sonnet inscribed on our Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning…
The Big Stuff
Mickey Friedman December 8, 2019 Anyone who’s ever seen a mob movie, or been bullied knows how it works. Everyone except Republicans who clench their eyes so shut they won’t ever see what’s in front of them. Shakedown For Dummies:…
Veterans Day 2019
By Mickey Friedman November 23, 2019 The words pour down from the heavens. Thanks and more thanks. A grateful nation. Perhaps a Presidential Proclamation. But please swat the words aside. Instead, take a cold hard look at what politicians do,…
Mel Multiplied
Mickey Friedman November 7, 2019 I do Thursday. One of a team picking up donated food from Fuel, Big Y, Guido’s, and Great Barrington Bagel for People’s Pantry weekly food distribution. Early on it was Mel Greenberg, sometimes Phyllis Weiss,…
On Corruption
Mickey Friedman October 25, 2019 Thanks to Foxy Friends I have a handle on this corruption stuff. Though the socialists talk about the Trumps making money while they govern us, my friends at Foxy know it’s all about the Bidens.…
Bird By Bird
October 11, 2019 By Mickey Friedman One bird, two birds, three birds, four. Five birds, six birds, seven birds, more. More birds than I can count. I can’t imagine three billion birds. I’ve had a canary, a parakeet, and for…
Do Unto
Mickey Friedman September 30, 2019 My head hurts. My heart aches. I am the son of an Italian Catholic mother, raised in part by nuns, and a Hungarian Jewish father, whose father wanted him to be a Cantor. The Depression…
Light The Way
Mickey Friedman September 12, 2019 Gillian, hit by a car, died in the crosswalk in Sheffield. Cathy was seriously injured when she was hit by a car in the crosswalk in Great Barrington. Friends. Most recently a young skateboarder luckily…
Little Penguins
September 2, 2019 Mickey Friedman Current Events. The only time in school we actually talked about what was happening in our world. These days I can’t bear the bad news descending upon us like the worst of Berkshire fogs. Enveloping…
#BestCare4All
August 17, 2019 Mickey Friedman The Democratic debates left me depressed, despairing, and despondent. And the continuing decline of the Red Sox didn’t help. The Dems somehow managed to mangle health care reform. Unable to tell Americans why it works.…