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

Daylight saving time is one of those ideas that should be relegated to the dustbin of history.  It serves no functional purpose and is...

So we watched the movie " Sold ." It was about this young Nepalese girl (maybe age 12) who was sold into a horrible brothel in...

This was sunrise at 5-minute intervals.  All I can think is how glorious G-d is and how marvelous his creation. - The light...

So I always try to see the best in people. But sometimes it is hard when they are so intent on tooting their own horns.  Bragging, boa...

So someone asked me a very deep personal question. "If you had $20 million dollars and could do whatever you want (be whoever you w...

So I ran into this lady in downtown Washington, D.C. She posed for the picture and made sure to line up the top and the bottom posters t...

Another terrorist attack in NYC, not far from the World Trade Center, now memorial! Radical Islamist mows down pedestrians and bicycle ...

So Halloween in Washington, D.C. is no small deal. I liked the new spooky Orange Fanta soda cans with the scary lady on it--it really...

So it turns out that the all important election of 2017 for the 45th President of the United States... Was not between President Trump a...

So there is a military doctrine that has been in place for decades.  - MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction  If you attack the USA with ...

So I was speaking to one of our very nice elderly neighbors. Last week he lost his dear wife of 60 years! I had visited him during Shi...

Here is a comparison of the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and team leaders.  Often there can be confusion over who is suppos...

Sometimes things happen that we don't agree with or like.  We may even get blamed for them when we didn't do anything wrong.  ...

So what is there to fear in this world.  Whatever happens, happens.  And G-d is the master over it all.  He holds all the keys.  G...

There is a very useful article in Bloomberg about how the U.S. is taking too long to publish cybersecurity vulnerabilities.  And the lo...

I love this organization, Think Dignity . They do hands-on advocacy and activism to help the homeless.  From providing them storage lo...

Thought this was a really interesting speech by the Rabbi Haim Ovadia in synagogue today. The origin of government and the functi...

So I like this quote by Carl von Clausewitz: "War is an extension of politics by other means." There is diplomacy and then t...

So we have never been more technology advanced.  And at the same time, we have never been more vulnerable .  As we all know, our cyberse...

So I really like this... A friend told me that when they have a really tough day, they call it: "A Character Building Day!" ...

So being a millionaire is no longer anything. You're still considered sort of a poor schlub! Even a billionaire is not such a big...

Cancer is such an awful killer disease. After heart disease, it is the #2 cause of death in the United States taking almost 592,000 liv...

Took this video at the World of Montgomery Festival today.  The dancers, singers, drummers, and costumes were all great. The weather t...

So my friend who lives in FL and recently experienced the crazy hurricanes down there said something very interesting to me.  This was d...

So Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar is a 25-hour day of repentance, prayer, and fasting.  This last Yom Kippur, someon...