
Unknowing the Enemy
Seven months ago, in the Paris jihad attacks, 130 people were killed. Then there were 14 killed in the jihad ...

The Dog in the Mirror
Do you believe that looking at yourself in the mirror makes you smart? Do you tend to presume that other ...

Happy Passover
The Bible tells stories, that's all; except that these stories cause tidal waves and earthquakes: the mountains leap, the mighty ...

Karma Comes Up Short for Robert F. Kennedy School
A few years back I wrote in this space about a public school in New York City that was utilizing ...

Bob Dylan, “Melancholy Mood”
It is (in the sense of those things these days) Bob Dylan's hot new single: "Melancholy Mood." The song is ...
One Day in America
It's all in how you look at it, isn't it? "Oh, a few people got stabbed in Ohio. Big deal." ...

Three Score and Ten
It was a passing thing, the merest of blips in the constantly gushing torrent of news, if even by chance ...

Frank Sinatra’s 1957 Christmas Special (with Bing Crosby)
Directed by Frank Sinatra himself, and sponsored by the good people of Bulova and Chesterfield, it's surely one of the ...

A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
There's a communal feeling about most Christmas music. Maybe this is because we generally hear the songs in the company ...