Category Archives: Everything else

Chicago’s bills are coming due

Posted on September 29, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

CITY JOURNAL Beneath Chicago’s Gloss by Aaron M. Renn September 24, 2015 How it is possible for a city this booming to be this broke?… Chicago’s Loop hums with life and commerce today. A parade of companies, including Kraft and … Continue reading →

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Labscapes: Views Through the Microscope [VIDEO]

Posted on September 16, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

AMERICAN TECHNION September 2015 Close your eyes. Imagine the greatest natural landscapes in the world. What comes to mind? Most likely, you will picture looming mountains, raging seas, vast deserts, giant redwoods and other scenes of nature’s vast spaces, which … Continue reading →

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Inspiration in the form of An Empty Freezer

Posted on August 17, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG by Margot Kahn August 17, 2015 Baking my grandmother’s rugelach helps me hold on to her—and pass on her memory to the next generation My grandmother fled Poland in 1938 when she was 19 years old, bound for … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Liberation

Posted on August 8, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

WEEKLY STANDARD by Warren Kozak August 15, 2015 Humanitarians in uniform. Many years ago, I struck up a conversation with a Dutch businessman in a hotel in China. In the course of our discussion, I learned that he had been … Continue reading →

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Americans Outraged Over Killing of Cecil the Lion Handed Harsh Dose of Reality by Doctoral Student Who Knows a Thing or Two About Wildlife in Zimbabwe

Posted on August 5, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

THE BLAZE by David Urbanski August 5, 2015 Goodwell Nzou can claim a number of critical statuses that most Americans…cannot. First off, he’s from Zimbabwe. Second, he’s a doctoral student in molecular and cellular biosciences at Wake Forest University. Third, he knows all … Continue reading →

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Trinity: 2015. The nuclear age began 70 years ago today

Posted on July 20, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAGAZINE by Warren Kozak July 16, 2015 One of history’s most important dividing lines was etched in a remote and desolate part of New Mexico exactly 70 years ago today, and the world knew nothing about it at the … Continue reading →

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Media Fail: 70% Believe News Reporting Intentionally Biased

Posted on July 8, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

TRUTH REVOLT by Bradford Thomas July 6, 2014 A new survey by USA Today and the First Amendment Center found that Americans’ distrust of the news media has skyrocketed over the last year, the number of American adults believing news … Continue reading →

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From Doubles Tennis to Internet Porn: My Year as a Supreme Court Clerk

Posted on July 4, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

Ted Cruz, while controversial, is considered by many to possess a brilliant legal mind. A graduate of Princeton University cum laude, Cruz also graduated Harvard Law School magna cum laude, was editor of Harvard Law Review. Referring to Cruz — the student … Continue reading →

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Summing Up a Life, David Horowitz’s story

Posted on June 17, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

AMERICAN THINKER by Richard Baehr June 16, 2015 In November 2014 I was invited to speak at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s conference in Florida. I had not seen David for a few years, and he walked a bit gingerly … Continue reading →

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Art Garfunkel takes on Jaffa, in kippah

Posted on June 11, 2015 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST by Elli Wohlgelernter June 11, 2015 If you’re in your 60s, you probably don’t frequent live music concerts as much as you once did. Who has the koach? But going to see Art Garfunkel last Wednesday night was a … Continue reading →

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