by Marguerite Elisofon | Aug 21, 2015 | 9/11, Allah, Attila the Hun, Boko Haram, Charlie Hebdo, Edgar Allen Poe, genocide, Hitler, holocaust, Hussein, ISIS, Muslim, Osama bin Laden, Quran, rape, religion, slavery, Yazidi women
Libraries are filled with books on religion, rape and slavery, so this week’s post is just another tiny drop of commentary in the ocean of man’s inhumanity to man (or in this case, woman). Normally, I wouldn’t even attempt to express my reaction to the horrors of...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Apr 10, 2015 | autism, Ayn Rand, baby boomers, Compelling People, criminals, disablity, empty nesters, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Martin Luther King, Oprah, Osama bin Laden, psychopaths, Robert Kennedy, terrorists, The Beatles
Wouldn’t it be great to have such a compelling personality that you could persuade people to buy your product, adopt your point of view, or follow you to the ends of the earth? I promise I wouldn’t be a psychopath, and I’d really enjoy that kind of power. ...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Jun 20, 2014 | autism, Barnes & Noble, Bill Clinton, bullies, Father's Day, gifts, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Mr. Bill, presidents, salespeople, Shakespeare, strangers, the Holocaust, theater, twins
Early last week our twins went into Barnes & Noble together to buy Father’s Day gifts after having a rare lunch together. Just the fact that Max and Sarah shared a meal alone together was in and of itself a gift. Despite being twins, they are opposites in...