5 Thoughts On The Furor Over The White House’s Hanukkah Party

Posted by melissa braunstein on December 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment 

The media is so addicted to outrage that they’ve now set Hanukkah ablaze. The Jewish Festival of Lights, which begins the evening of December 12 this year, was celebrated last Thursday night at the White House. Because it was Donald Trump’s first Hanukkah party, we’re supposed to be inflamed by the White House’s supposed hostility … Continue reading →

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This Progressive 1970s Kids Album Sounds Reactionary Now, But Should It?

Posted by melissa braunstein on December 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment 

Music important to your past has a way of finding your present. Feeling suddenly nostalgic recently, I told my daughters I’d play them one of my favorite childhood records. So, with Spotify’s help, I streamed “Free to Be…You and Me,” an album I haven’t heard in 30 years. The album came out in 1972 as a … Continue reading →

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