http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Current Events, Smarter Investing and Fatherhood en-us msira@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il 2013-05-17T23:30:39-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015805.html Remember the Cold War? And the crises focused on Berlin and missiles in Cuba? Could we be on the cusp... 15805@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-17T23:30:39-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015803.html The holiday of Shavuot provided a pleasant respite from the excessive excitement of this country. Instead of the usual drone... 15803@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-16T04:23:31-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015800.html The latest numbers about the two year old Syrian civil war are 80,000 deaths, one million refugees over the borders... 15800@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-13T00:18:57-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015799.html Israel's current discussion is providing its lessons in the politics of economics and the economics of politics. Political economy is... 15799@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-09T22:42:07-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015798.html On Sunday the vast bulk of Israel's media was about Syria. By Tuesday, it had shifted to the budget that... 15798@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-08T06:55:59-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015796.html Those who took the time to click on the link in my recent note to the promotional video, Israel: Seeing... 15796@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-06T04:19:54-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015794.html Not every day is as filled with such sharp contrasts as those of a recent 24 hours. One item is... 15794@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-04T21:32:40-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015793.html A country's politics is a product of big things and little things. The big things have been around for a... 15793@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-05-02T10:25:18-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015792.html There is a lot of tantalizing stuff buzzing around our ears and in front of our eyes, depending on whether... 15792@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-30T04:37:08-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015790.html Barack Obama has said that Syrian use of chemical weapons is a "game changer." According to the lead paragraphs in... 15790@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-27T20:05:34-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015789.html After several days of stuttering about a lack of proof and not wanting to rely on the intelligence of a... 15789@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-26T03:50:36-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015788.html This week's headlines have featured two separate quarrels of the kind that fascinate policy mavens, even while they cause us... 15788@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-24T01:37:23-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015787.html The Internet has become our principal media of communication. Print newspapers are struggling to find their niche, or caving in... 15787@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-23T00:15:15-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015785.html There has been enough already written about the Chechin brothers of Boston to fill a library, and it's still coming.... 15785@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-20T05:28:40-08:00 http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/015784.html Wednesday morning's news was of two rockets that fell in the outskirts of Eilat. There was no significant damage, but... 15784@http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/ Letter from Jerusalem 2013-04-17T20:13:00-08:00