The Rosenberg tragedy—The cost of not coming clean September 19, 2008 Written by Aaron Finestone Original Blog Something is to be said for confessing.  Example—The Rosenbergs. In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for conspiring to commit espionage.  The Government contended that they stole the secret to the Atom Bomb and sent it to the Soviet Union.  The Rosenbergs maintained their innocence to the end, refusing to squeal.  As a result, their two sons were turned into orphans. The case festered for years.  There were world-wide protests.  There were accusations of a frame-up.  For Communists, it was the gold opportunity to trash America. During the mid-1970′s, when I was…

Queen of England

It was a Monday, June 21, 1971, when Time magazine had a picture of Jesus on its cover; obviously not an actual photograph, since the necessary technology was yet to be conceived of in 1st century AD, but instead a likeness. An accurate likeness to the real Christ is doubtful, but rather a similar likeness of Him as depicted by religious paintings and icons; the earliest known portrait was discovered in Syria around 235. (^ Brandon, S.G.F, “Christ in verbal and depicted imagery”. Neusner, Jacob (ed.): Christianity, Judaism and other Greco-Roman cults: Studies for Morton Smith at sixty. Part Two: Early Christianity, pp. 166–167. BRILL, 1975. ISBN 978-90-04-04215-5) The Times’…