tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88643890551096694132024-09-05T00:23:38.485-07:00Passionate observer and commentator on life in general.S.L.M.Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15883714518241466263noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864389055109669413.post-61513234371334385922016-01-26T06:33:00.001-08:002016-01-26T08:44:45.959-08:00

Here's how it started: postpartum anxiety, exhaustion, big changes beyond the baby. Feeling overwhelmed, I was told to take pills & medicate it away. Not good enough for me in more ways than one. So, I dug deep into God, meditation, joy, restorative practices, spirituality, yoga, The Beatles. I struck up mystical conversations with magical friends. I saw Shakespeare live and let the

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The White Album blasting. Incense lingering. Coffee near drank. Migrane proceeding. Writer's block festering. Stream of consciousness never-ending. So many thoughts to manifest. No time for rest. Suddenly it occurs to me that my high school AP Lit and Creative Writing teacher would've canned that little rhyme. He was a tosser anyway. Hold on, Superman calling... Coffee is colder. I'm

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Before we begin, some notes: I'm now spending most of my writing time at the Parenting section of PJMedia. If you're into controversial transgressive commentary on pop culture feminism, check out the Lifestyle page. Into thoughtful critique on Rabbinic Judaism and the relationship between Judaism and Christianity? Check out the Faith section. Just want to read it all? Hit up my author page.&

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In case you haven't already read, I'm a big fan of The Big Lebowski. Along with considering myself an Achiever, I'm also an ordained Dudeist Priest and humble practitioner of Dudeism in my spare time. The above video piques my interest, not only as an Achiever and a Dudeist, but as a feminist - see #'s 13 & 14 if you're a Maude fan. My commentary on Dudeism previously published at

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My editor has compiled a collection of my greatest hits published over the past year and a half at PJ Lifestyle. Everything ranging from Girls to Family Guy to Disinformation and more. Check it out!

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Originally spurred on by an article in Tablet Magazine on the new found love of Marx among young intellectuals, I embarked on a study of the American intellectual class's love affair with Marxism in the 20th century. The two primary resources referenced throughout the series are Hilton Kramer's Twilight of the Intellectuals and Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa's Disinformation. Links to the entire

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As much as I'd love to update content here more frequently, life just doesn't allow it at this time. For my latest writing, check out my columns on Biblical Feminism, New Jersey Wine, and HBO at PJ Lifestyle.  You'll also find some occasional writing at my sister site, WineGirl Blog.  Thank you, stay tuned, and keep reading!

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A Biblical Feminist Confronts the Girls Goddesses, Part 1 is up at PJLifestyle ...enjoy.

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This week's column -- how to effectively embrace stereotypes in order to pitch your TV SitCom.  It's politically correct AND all the rage! Check it out at PJLifestyle/PJMedia!

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Check out my latest on Feminism, Lois Griffin and the Kardashians over at PJLifestyle. Go on, you know you want to.

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Totally Petarded: The Top 5 Masculinity Myths on Family Guy Now at PJLifestyle on PJMedia!

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A critical eye on Family Guy over at PJMedia. http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/03/27/boob-alert-top-5-side-effects-of-watching-family-guy/ Enjoy!

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"The insightful Susan Goldberg knows how to get a link!  (Excellent videos, too!)" - Ann Coulter Check out Admiring Ann: 5 Coulterisms for Counterculture Conservatives @ PJMedia's PJLifestyle section. It's Ann Approved!

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Check out my latest, Admiring Ann: 5 Coulterisms for Counterculture Conservatives over at PJLifestyle, part of PJMedia. Great stuff, if I do say so myself ...all thanks to Ann.

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No one has time to cook, including me.  The good news is, living a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle doesn't require hours in the kitchen.  In fact, veggies often require less prep work and less cook time than meat-based dishes. Along with being completely impatient in the kitchen, I like to experiment.  My Great-Grandmother was the master -- feeding kids in the

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I've been going through a lot of ch-ch-changes over the past 7 or 8 months.  After smacking into some really bad lab results at my annual doctor's visit, I decided that I needed to start focusing on myself if I wanted to stick around and write for another 80 or 90 years. Project Get Healthy began with me finally embracing my slagging gym membership.  I lost about 15 lbs just by

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Merry Christmas, dear Reader. You don't have to reciprocate, of course, but you could say Thanks. Like, "Thanks for the Jewish guy we're celebrating." Or, "Thanks for sharing with us the idea of a redeeming Messiah in the first place." But if you're a more secularized gentile, "Thanks for White Christmas and the greatest hits of Irving Berlin," will also do. If you work in an

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Check out the November issue of the Jewish Journal of Ocean County to read my take on the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly held November 11-13 in Baltimore, MD.

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1. We're four years away from a European-style social democracy. (Can't take credit for this one - just agree with it.) 2. The economy is already sounding the death knells, shuddering and sputtering its way to an inevitable crash.  Thanks to Quantitative Easing (because who remembers Weimar?) it'll be given a better shot in the arm than anyone needing any kind of life support&nbsp

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Do you ever get the feeling that contemporary political discourse has been hijacked by a bunch of flakey ideological yuppies? If Seth Rogen's latest tweet wasn't enough to convince you that Gen-Y granola crunchers (who only pick up their grains at the like of Whole Foods or the organic market in a smog-ridden metropolis on either coast) think they have a handle on key domestic and foreign policy

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Today while skimming Facebook I found the following meme linked by FreedomWorks:     The metaphor, made popular by President Reagan at the 1976 Republican National Convention, was pulled by the former leader of the free world from a sermon made by Puritan Governor John Winthrop, who quoted the following verses from the New Testament book of Matthew: "You are the light

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You've heard all about it.  It's all over the usual lefty outlets, both Jewish and non: Mitt Romney hates kibbutzim. While the Forward reported it as "Mitt Slams the Kibbutz", the LA Times elected to go for a softer headline ("Contrasting joy of individual action, Romney finds ... the kibbutz?") only to open their critique by asserting that Republicans hate collectives and Mitt Romney

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There are a lot of things folks on the left-side of the political spectrum just don't get when it comes to human nature.  I was reminded of this fact just this week as I read reactions to the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare that flooded the Internet.  With the spirit of freedom in mind, I'd like to highlight a few important facts young leftists ought to keep in mind: 1.  Human

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I hate whiney liberals. Scratch that - I hate whiney people, period. And Yahoo! TV's Claudine Zap is currently at the top of the list.  In one of the latest click-topping hits on the Yahoo news bar, Zap covers/comments on the fact that conservative pundit Glenn Beck apparently just struck a deal doubling his radio show salary.  Apparently, this news isn't comforting to

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One could legitimately argue that Bill Clinton (the Liberal) sounded the death knell for American Labor with NAFTA. While large labor unions like the AFL-CIO protested the North American Free Trade Agreement, they continued to endorse the same Democrats who created and voted to enact the US job-killing legislation: Clinton, Gore, Kerry, etc.  The irony continued into the Obama

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