Never to forget; always to honor these words of Henri Amiel: "Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of tho...

 We hear its all importance celebrated simply and singularly from two different eras: "Love, and do as you will"--Saint Augustine....

 This from Tolstoy's "War and Peace" “War isn’t courtesy, it’s the vilest thing in the world, and we must understand that and ...

 That proverbial cliche comes to mind as I read the deluge of over-the top criticism of so called "elite universities" following t...

  For a couple of months now, it has become clear to me that unless President Biden is  willing and able  to change the way he is communicat...

  I recently returned to notes I made about my first and only trip to Israel in 2009. As part of the trip, we had a private session with Net...

      Free  is a great memoir.  It takes its place for me next to those of my other two favorites: James Reston's "Deadline" a...