I am the one of the Wise Men of Chelm, perhaps. Certainly a Judeophilic Gentile. Perhaps it was because I was in fast-track classes, and many of my friends were thus Jewish…or because I fell in love with Rabbi Handler’s daughter in 5th grade (I wonder what happened to her?) Not many gentiles have their own afikomen bag.

I loved the Sowell book you referenced. In political and social matters, I try to scrape down to the underlying principles people are operating from. Most folks don’t know what their real theories and motivations actually are, and avoid thinking about it. They have impressions of what would be kind or just, but don’t think through the consequences. This often leads to greater unkindness and injustices, which they don’t feel responsible for, because they didn’t mean it.

I have more to write, but we must be off to the cemetery presently. Please come over and read my post about Monsieur Chouchani.