Having read several of Mr. Jacobs's books and enjoyed them all, I'm glad to see he's still at it. It helps readers to have serious topics (religion, health, government, knowledge, etc.) approached with humor and at least some attempt at true understanding.
I used "The Year of Living Biblically" as a lesson plan for a year in senior high S…
Having read several of Mr. Jacobs's books and enjoyed them all, I'm glad to see he's still at it. It helps readers to have serious topics (religion, health, government, knowledge, etc.) approached with humor and at least some attempt at true understanding.
I used "The Year of Living Biblically" as a lesson plan for a year in senior high Sunday school class, partly because it gave us something to laugh about and partly because Mr. Jacobs, as a secular man and non-practitioner of his Jewish faith, seemed to have begun the year with about the same level of Biblical knowledge as the students. This seems about the same regarding his understanding of the Constitution (as it would be mine; having read it several times, can't claim to understand it all).
One story from TYOLB stood out for me. Mr. Jacobs accidentally trapped himself in his apartment bathroom for hours, and that was when he first learned to pray. He had to be forced into that by an unusual circumstance, and he made the best of it.
Constitutionally, we may be in a similar moment. President Biden's infirmity has us in a constitutional crisis; we know he is too weak mentally and physically -right now, not for four more years- to perform such a difficult and important job, but what are our alternatives? 25th Amendment? Try to hang in there until the election, and hope Russia, China, and North Korea are not ready to unleash havoc today? Have the DNC step up and convince his delegates to vote their consciences rather than strictly for President Biden? Convince the President to resign ASAP?
We're trapped in this moment; what good can we realize from it?
Having read several of Mr. Jacobs's books and enjoyed them all, I'm glad to see he's still at it. It helps readers to have serious topics (religion, health, government, knowledge, etc.) approached with humor and at least some attempt at true understanding.
I used "The Year of Living Biblically" as a lesson plan for a year in senior high Sunday school class, partly because it gave us something to laugh about and partly because Mr. Jacobs, as a secular man and non-practitioner of his Jewish faith, seemed to have begun the year with about the same level of Biblical knowledge as the students. This seems about the same regarding his understanding of the Constitution (as it would be mine; having read it several times, can't claim to understand it all).
One story from TYOLB stood out for me. Mr. Jacobs accidentally trapped himself in his apartment bathroom for hours, and that was when he first learned to pray. He had to be forced into that by an unusual circumstance, and he made the best of it.
Constitutionally, we may be in a similar moment. President Biden's infirmity has us in a constitutional crisis; we know he is too weak mentally and physically -right now, not for four more years- to perform such a difficult and important job, but what are our alternatives? 25th Amendment? Try to hang in there until the election, and hope Russia, China, and North Korea are not ready to unleash havoc today? Have the DNC step up and convince his delegates to vote their consciences rather than strictly for President Biden? Convince the President to resign ASAP?
We're trapped in this moment; what good can we realize from it?