I have written before about “why I love to read.”  Among the many reasons, one is  the light that learning about another person's li...

  Adrienne LaFrance, Executive E ditor of "The Atlantic", has written an eloquent and important essay, titled,   “In Defense of Hu...

 How do these two strands link together? Let me try to explain. The just released devastating report on the racially biased conduct of the M...

  The Die Is Cast--Russia Has Failed in Its Misbegotten Effort to Take Over Ukraine--History Speaks With Authority--Our Long Term Goal MAY 3...

I just finished reading Andrew Robert's magisterial biography of King George III who reigned during the US-British Revolutionary War. Th...

  I returned to one of my favorite authors and preachers over the weekend, Peter Gomes.  He was the long-term chaplain at Harvard.  He has w...

  “Life is short and there is precious little time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us, so make haste to be kind and be quick ...