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

So there is an important Jewish (and non-Jewish) concept of the evil eye (in hebrew, it's called an "Ayin Hara"). This is ...

As a country, we need to be very concerned at how ridiculously  polarized things have gotten.  It is one thing for right and left to di...

So nice to meet this impressive young Jewish women today, Carly.  A Sophomore at GW University, who had the brainchild for more and bette...

Just ten months ago was the gigantic Vale and BHP Billiton  dam collapse disaster  in Brazil. Enough iron-ore mine waste rolled downh...

So life is generally supposed to be a series a peaks and valleys.  There are highs, but also lows.   No one and nothing can perform at...

So there is someone that I think the world of.  They are what we call "good people." But like all of us, have challenges and...

A very interesting article in the Washington Post on the prepper movement. People are concerned about the inaction, misdirection, and c...

So just a couple of birds, right? Not to me! There were a number of reminders to me today about how special and fortunate it is for an...

So modesty and privacy is very important in terms of propriety and security. Both are intimately connected.  Already as children, we l...

This was a funny sign.  "You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you." Isn't that the truth too oft...

This guy was hilarious. Pink hat. Big round white sunglasses. And a shirt that says: "Antisocial Social Club" Truly, i...

So I took this photo today at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.  "We are strong! We are positive! We will survive!"  Does ...

"On her way to work one morning Down the path alongside the lake A tender-hearted woman saw a poor half-frozen snake His pretty co...

Russia is enormously resurgent (as is China), and they are modernizing their military , while we are "busy" and distracted with...

Just some fashion festive before Shabbat. Suggestions for some nice hats for Jewish ladies who cover their hair in synagogue or out.  ...

Starting to feel Summer slipping away, again.  Kids are getting ready to go back to school. Weather is starting to feel a little coole...

I was so excited by this photo in the Wall Street Journal today. YuMi, an industrial robot by ABB, is adroitly writing Chinese calligra...

I really liked this T-shirt. It says volunteer, but in three rows like this: vOl uNt eEr So in the center is ONE! Whe...

Nicholas Kristof wrote in the New York Times Sunday Review that " Donald Trump is Making America Meaner ." And yes, anything th...

I took this photo this morning of this guy in a shirt that says, "Good deeds eventually are rewarded." My question is whethe...

So today, I went to synagogue for Shabbat.  I sat by one of my friends and in between some prayers was catching up with him from the wee...

This is what happens when President Obama sets a blatantly anti-semitic tone to his presidency by for example, snubbing at the White ...

So my daughter took a training class in critical thinking at work.  And she brought home an excellent handout from the instructor, Haywo...