The “Dilemmas of Power” Edition

JL;DR SUMMARY In a discussion titled "The Dilemmas of Power Edition," Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron touch upon significant topics including the controversy surrounding Norwegian Law allowing ministers to resign from the Knesset and be replaced by party cronies; the Israeli government's debate over granting citizenship to Palestinians marrying Israeli citizens; and the proposed gender-segregated bathing times in Israel's parks. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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