In speaking with friends recently about the Covid-19 pandemic, I attempted to compare it to the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attack. They all felt that the comparison was hard-pressed. They pointed out how calamitous the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis will be. (Never mind how perilous the current state […]

(Originally published by The Sacramento Gazette on 12/31/99) As the days and now the hours remaining in 1999 dwindle down to but a precious few, one with an eye to history is likely to be perplexed, especially if one’s editor has requested an appropriate column marking the occasion. The difficulty begins with the question of […]

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that bought and sold in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, …” -Matthew 21:12               Now that we are entering the final month of another year, the holiday season is upon us in full force.  Actually, it started […]