Tag Archives: Dennis Prager

Are People Basically Good?

Posted on August 30, 2018 by N.S. Palmer

“People are neither basically good nor basically bad. They are basically free.” Continue reading →

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Ben Franklin’s Jewish Values

Posted on November 6, 2016 by N.S. Palmer

My latest blog post for The Jewish Journal: American founder Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) wasn’t Jewish, but he might as well have been. He shared many of Judaism’s key moral values. One of our most central values is moral seriousness: the … Continue reading →