FIRST, FOUR QUOTES: “Democracy is fragile, requiring leaders with the courage to stand up” who are “devoted not to the pursuits of...

The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between...

Good morning! While all eyes are on Georgia today, I can’t stop thinking about whether and how this pandemic is ever going to end, how...

Good morning, I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and enjoyed the various meaningless sporting events that kept our attention...

Good morning, It’s a new year and, with a new year, comes resolutions. One of my resolutions this year is to pay less attention to the...

Happy New Year (again), Paul Kinscherff took me to task yesterday because he claimed I had begun the year with undue negativity. I had...

Happy new year! No Rose Bowl. No Rose Parade. Largely meaningless bowl games with empty or nearly empty stadiums. Tom Masenga has been...

Good morning on this last day of 2020! Time to say goodbye to a challenging year. While there has been much to lament, there has been...

Good morning! I received a couple of email blasts this morning titled “2020—the Year in Review.” It made me laugh. Really? We need...

Good morning! Some day in the future, we will be sitting in armchairs recalling the crazy year of 2020. We all will recall the concern...

Good morning! MORE MOVIES, FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES It’s been a while since a focus on movies and TV. But as we all sit on our couches...

Friends, Today, a single tweet from our president. It says it all. As we all know, Russia has brazenly attacked our government’s...

POETRY Departure By Edna St. Vincent Millay It's little I care what path I take, And where it leads it's little I care, But out of this...

Good morning and Merry Christmas, Wishing all of my Christian friends a blessed and joyous Christmas! Christmas is a holiday that is...

Good morning, “Donald Trump is right!” Yes, you heard me. Just because he is the most narcissistic and mendacious man to occupy the...

Good morning, Here in California it feels like Spring. We are near the end of December and hardly a cloud in the sky, with temperatures...

A professor walks into a lecture hall and announces: "If you're here for the lecture on psychokinesis, please raise my hand." Good...