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Good morning, from East Texas. I sit here in relative calm, peace, and quiet.  Days are a bit stressful work-wise, with some home challenges and family drama, but I repeat that it is calm and quiet. My niece in Israel sends my sister and me a blog about her experience living in Jerusalem during a war.  Not necessarily of her choice, but one she sees as necessary to eliminate the threat from Iran, the evil leadership, and their contribution to terror, not just in the Middle East, not just to Israel, but around the world. I am again sitting in a calm, peaceful, and comfortable place.  I figure Longview is safe because, even if g-d forbid there were some calamity here from Iran, how would they find Longview?  Most people in Dallas don’t know where we are.    "Wishing you a peaceful and calm Shabbat." It doesn’t take much to think back to 9/11, where we all presumed safety and peace here in North America.  We weren’t worried about an attack from Canada or ...

  A conversation with ChatGPT about power, fear, and the choices ahead Brian Silverman in conversation with ChatGPT This piece is a personal reflection, written as a conversation with ChatGPT, about moral leadership, fear, and the direction of the United States. It reflects my questions and concerns rather than definitive answers. Introduction Over the past several years, I’ve found myself increasingly concerned,  not just about politics, but about moral leadership in the United States. As a gay, Jewish man who believes deeply in pluralism, education, and human dignity, I’ve watched the country shift away from empathy, nuance, and long‑term thinking toward fear, power, and control. What troubles me most is not disagreement, but the sense that we are losing our willingness to weigh human cost, complexity, and restraint. This is a summary of a conversation I had with ChatGPT, exploring those concerns: how we got here, what we are failing to address, and what a moral center migh...