October 2017 Just when you thought (hoped?) things might be settling down in Washington, the Wild West has come to the West Wing. ...

October 2017 In September of 1814, 35 year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key found himself an involuntary guest (prisoner) of...

September 2017 I’ve written before about the absurdities of political correctness, and thought I’d seen it all. But the following really...

“Ecce Homo.” The Bible tells us that these were the words the Roman governor Pontius Pilate used when presenting Jesus of Nazareth --...

You may be familiar with a wonderful old quote, traditionally attributed to the German “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck but most...

Some may recall that during the era of McCarthyism, the House of Representatives had its own investigative body, known as the House...

July 2017 I don’t play golf regularly or well, but I know what a Mulligan is. Wikipedia defines it as “a second chance … to perform a...

July 2017 Remember the Cold War? I certainly do. It was a period of great geopolitical tension and proxy conflicts between the rival...

May 2017 I am writing this in a small hotel room in a similarly small French town in the heights of the Pyrenees Mountains at the border...

March 2017 I intend to see “Hacksaw Ridge,” the Oscar-winning movie that tells the true story of Army medic Desmond T. Doss, who won the...

February 2017 The following is meant as an observation on politics, not a political observation. A man ran for the highest office in the...

January 2017 No, this is not an article about the 1975 song of that name by Shirley & Company (though Millenials curious to see how badly...

January 2017 Pontius Pilate once famously asked, “What is truth?” (John 18:38). Today we might ask, “Where is truth?” We live in an...

December 2016 Very good friends treated us to “Hamilton: An American Musical” recently (yes, it really is as good as they say, even...

December 2016 Growing up, I was taught that lying was a very bad thing. There’s even a Commandment against it. Unlike a simple mistake, a...

December 2016 Could someone please explain to me how we ended up in this mess? I’m not talking about the recent election or its...

November 2016 Stepping outside recently on a crisp fall morning I was stunned (not too strong a word) by the glorious sight of fallen...

November 11, 2016 My wife and I are blessed with having a very large extended family. With that comes considerable diversity of interests...

Robert Edward Ix (1929 - 2016) Bob Ix went to his heavenly reward late Tuesday night after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving...

November 2017 In this Thanksgiving season, let us raise a glass to friendship. Real, simple, cordial, honest, mutual,...