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Call Me Pelotit (The Real Sins of Sodom and Gemorrah)November 2, 2007 — rabbirussellfox Who was Pelotit? In our biblical stories there are many individuals (many of them women) who are not named in the Torah, but are given names in the midrashic stories of the rabbis. One of them is Pelotit, a daughter of Lot.In this week’s Torah portion we read of the infamous cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and how Abraham pleads with God to spare the cities if only enough righteous people live there. Now our fair state, Oklahoma, likes to think of itself as a righteous...

On April 12, a Wednesday, a boulder-size concrete block was hurled at my car as I passed the Janie Poe public-housing complex on Central Avenue in Sarasota's Newtown. [The predominantly black neighborhood north of downtown.] It narrowly missed the windshield and, after swerving out the way of oncoming traffic, I hotheadedly pulled a U-turn back toward the 15 or so youths -- who appeared to be 12- to 18-year-olds -- standing in front of and just beyond the wall of an apartment at the edges of Janie Poe. I turned into 23rd Street and called 911, and several of the...

I am a former producer for WMAL (2000 - 2002) having won an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2001. The story with Bill Press is fascinating. He was always good on TV (Crossfire) and the radio; sharp, witty, and funny. Yet his time at WMAL as a morning show host was a failure. Why? Because of the audience. Conservatives will listen to conservatives or "middle-of-the-roaders" not liberals. Press is a liberal and makes no bones about it. This was a problem back then but I think national radio provides him the opportunity to do whatever show he wants however he...

SEATTLE, Dec. 22 - After a bitter and protracted recount fight in the Washington governor's race, elections officials announced Wednesday that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was leading her Republican opponent by 10 votes - a minuscule margin but a stunning reversal of the Nov. 2 election results. The preliminary results elated Democratic Party officials and came only hours after the party scored another victory, when the State Supreme Court agreed with the Democrats' contention that more than 700 newly discovered and erroneously disqualified ballots in heavily Democratic King County should now be considered. Since those ballots came from...

Did our Commander-in-Chief act like one during the (in)famous 7 minutes?

Martin Sheen Tapes Mouth Shut in Protest Wed Mar 26,10:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES - Actor Martin Sheen (news) covered his mouth with a piece of duct tape that said "peace," then led about 60 protesters in a prayer vigil Wednesday. Sheen, star of the NBC series "West Wing," carried a huge painted cross during the protest. He did not speak but the Rev. Michael Kennedy of Delores Mission Catholic Church in East Los Angeles read a statement from him. "Nationalism and militarism have become the gods of our idolatry at the expense of our humanity," Sheen wrote."By some demented...