Category Archives: personalities

First they came…

Posted on 2023/01/14 by davka

Today, Jan­u­ary 14, 2023, marks the one-hun­­dred-thir­­ty-first anniver­sary of the birth of Mar­tin Niemöller (born in 1892). Today is also the birth­day of our niece Nora, who has long been aware of Mar­tin Niemöller and his poem. Niemöller, creep­ing nor­mal­i­ty, and oth­er … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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on being a bridge, a “compromise selection” in a “gorgeous mosaic”

Posted on 2020/11/24 by davka

David Dink­ins (who died yes­ter­day, Novem­ber 23, 2020) became may­or of New York after our imme­di­ate fam­i­ly left the New York area for San Diego. I had no direct expe­ri­ence of his stew­ard­ship of the city. The first New York may­oral can­di­date … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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