It’s an interesting time to be a man. The #MeToo movement focuses with laser intensity on the issue of sexual misconduct, exposing the dark...
I doubt that I’m alone in noting the way the magic of Christmas shrinks with age. Many things shrink with age.As a child, the magic of Christmas...
Dear Santa, I rarely intervene directly in your business, but feel I must call something to your attention.When you deliver gifts in a few days, I...
This week The New York Times reported on a new study linking the sharp increase of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses to August...
In advance of the 2020 election a fascinating political debate is playing out in the Democratic Party and among political pundits. Is success more...
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” This proverb dates from the 4th century BC, proving the timelessness of the obvious.Obvious or not, it is a...
As the midterm election rapidly approaches, Democrats face a problem of heroically ironic dimensions. The “other side” (I can’t in good conscience...
Political discourse these days feels like a game of tug-of-war, with progressives on one side and conservatives on the other, each group pulling...
I know Brett Kavanaugh. Well, not the actual Brett Kavanaugh, but I spent my high school years on the periphery of his world. As a college...
Heated debates about sexual misconduct are a nearly constant sideshow to the three-ring Trump circus these days. They are indeed important and...
As I write this column, nearly to the minute, members of my Officer Candidate School class are celebrating the 51st anniversary of our “graduation....
What length of experiment is sufficient to either verify or reject a hypothesis? Is 38 years long enough? In the cacophony of the Trump era, we...