Turn off the shouting nightly news and read the posts at these great blogs instead: Larwyn's Linx, Liz Sheld's Morning Greatness, Maggie's Farm, and Stephen Kruiser's Morning Briefing.
Believe it or not, this year is the 40th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, the defeat of the Soviet hockey team by the American team. Even people like me who didn't like hockey watched and celebrated the triumph of good vs. evil, capitalism vs. communism. I can still hear Al Michaels's famous "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" followed by the roar of the crowd. There's a terrific piece about this historic victory in AARP's magazine.
Here's the latest edition of Harold Ticktin's Yiddish Vinkl, which discusses the word raykh, which means rich. Here's one of his examples: "(Yiddish curse): 'Raykh zol er zayn un hobn tsvey oytos. Eyn oyto zol
loyfn khapn far im a dokter, un der tsveyter zol loyfn moydie tsu zayn,
az s’iz shoyn nokh alemen. / He should be rich and have two cars. One
car should rush to get him a doctor, and the other should rush to say
it’s too late.' (bit.ly/37a2D8W)". For some strange reason, I immediately thought of Bernie Sanders!
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