Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called " They Died So We May Speak ." Israelis are a people who are not afraid t...

I saw this painted on a storefront window.  Community, United We Stand.  With all the polarization these days, is this still true? U...

The U.S. democracy is severely broken.  We are supposed to be "one out of many," but instead we are many out of one. ...

So its day 18 of the Federal government shutdown.  The first couple of weeks wasn't so bad, because it was the holidays and vacation...

So I attended my first interfaith event today at Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The first lady that I spoke to said that she ...

This just seemed so perfect for election day this year.  With the country torn asunder between left and right.  We are the grateful de...

Our nation is increasingly polarized with little to no tolerance of others wants, thinking, or actions.  - First under Obama. - Then wit...

Yeah, these signs say a lot about our two-party system of government.  "Republican: Because everyone can't be on welfare....

So I love going to the Chabad synagogue down in Fort Lauderdale The Downtown Jewish Center Chabad. They are so welcoming and genuine. ...

So there is a saying in Washington, D.C.... "You know you've made it when you have your haters." This is a very politica...

Oy vey, the statistics are not good.  Sex in America is on the decline (and no, this is not an April Fools' joke)! Based on this...

Over 7 long years, the promise of "hope and change" has given way instead to the disappointment of chaos and dysfunction. Just...

So coming downtown this week in D.C., I see this quite unhelpful posted sign.  If you can read upside down, while rushing down a busy st...

Day #3 of the Federal Government Shutdown. I am reminded on the streets of D.C. that there are many others hurting and in need.  Pictu...

According to Charles Kenny in  Bloomberg BusinessWee k (20 June 2013), the Internet is quite a big disappointment--because it "failed...

Recently, I was reminded of an interesting article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal (20 Dec 2007) that what really matters in life i...

Generally, IT governance is based on the assumption that by vetting decisions in groups or boards—such as an Enterprise Architecture Board o...

What happens when users want conflicting things from their EA programs? Recently, as part of a discussion following an EA briefing, I rece...