As we approach 2025, I’ve been thinking about and researching how we can better ensure that more girls and young women in our state can thrive. Importantly, I also care about boys and young men and encourage others to do that work as well. The bottom line is that we need to promote mental ...
Maybe the lesson this Christmas season is that even if turnabout is fair play, at some point, enough is enough. Start with the specious lawsuits brought against President-elect Donald Trump, to the great glee of many of his "Never Trump" and Democratic detractors. Some of them, especially ...
We all know that God works in mysterious ways. Last weekend, two friends and I were deeply moved when we saw a theatrical production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge from a rasping, grasping ...
Those 38 Republicans who frustrated Donald Trump's demand that he be freed from the inconvenience of a debt ceiling vote early in his term were truly impressive. These are guys with whom yours truly disagrees much of the time. What Trump's smarter knee-jerk defenders really believe is a matter ...
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and Santa is done checking his list and deciding who's been naughty and nice. Of course, whenever he stops by the U.S. Capitol, he finds evidence of a lot of naughty fiscal irresponsibility that has given us a budget and government that overflow with ...
A couple of decades ago, I was on a flight to South Carolina, seated next to a dentist who was headed to a national conference on dental procedures and new technologies. He asked about the books I had open (Russian grammar and a conversation book), and then I reciprocated, asking about the ...
