DREAM Act: Nightmare for California

With a post-secondary system already losing millions because of budget cuts and declining revenue, Governor Jerry Brown and the California legislature have seen fit to make it even more difficult for legal residents to enroll in college. The United States cannot...

Response to "Occupy K Street"

Once again, Mr. Kaplan takes up the empty cry of campaign finance reform.Take the multimillion dollar onslaught of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. Despite her wearying blanket advertising over the air waves and other extensive financial disbursements,...

Response to "Who's Sorry Now?"

Teshuvah, we hardly know thee in this country.Still, I would prefer the living amends without the apologies.In some cases, the public has had more than its fill of public apologies — Tiger Woods comes to mind. The man never did me any wrong, yet I still had to...

Response to "Ask Forgiveness of Yourself"

Outrageous!To think, that all these years, the Jews had been wasting their time offering sacrifices to the Most High.All I had to do was tell myself that I am forgiven!In truth, we cannot forgive ourselves, even if we want to!Yetzer hara is not so easily dismissed, or...

Bypassing the Zip Code Laws

At Los Padrinos, I worked with a number of interesting students. Most of them were gang bangers, some of them were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.There were even some students who had finally "seen the light." They had had a spiritual awakening,...