Back in 1979, GM was one of the most powerful companies in the world. It literally had half of the US car market, a tremendous amount of cash and access to even more, among other assets. That’s when the company decided to embark on a $40 billion expansion plan. The goal: to eliminate all of the
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Sefirat Ha’omer: Achieving the Impossible
Imagine a teenager lying on a grassy field, gazing into the night sky. As he stares up at the stars, he thinks to himself, “Look at how enormous the
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With a week to go before Russia stages its May 9 pageant of military hardware and the loudest hurrah on Red Square, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
The Lottery
A poor man once approached an individual asking if he can buy a lottery ticket from him. For every lottery ticket that this poor man would sell, he
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There is a wonderful organization, Arachim that is involved in kiruv bringing back ba’alei teshuvah. Every year, the grouphosts a seminar where
When Contradiction Creates Clarity
There is a strange recurring phenomenon throughout the story of creation: the Torah first describes one model of creation and then proceeds to depict
The Problem With Civility
“Well, they realized that it’s in their better business interest to go along with [insert Leftist cause here]. They don’t really believe this; they
