My son Keith was born six months before Davey.  The two “met” when Davey was two days old.  They have been the best of friends for the thirty-three years that have now intervened.               Davey’s parents and my wife and I were very close when our boys were born, and we remained so throughout […]

              If you’re a fan of fine cinema, summer, with most theatrical releases easy to ignore, is a good time to catch up on older films you may have missed or might want to view again.  Many films from decades past (or beyond) are joys to see, either for the first time or because it’s […]

              Baseball’s All-Star Game traditionally marks the midway point in its season.  It actually takes place a little past the halfway mark, but the break provides a good opportunity to see what surprises have occurred and what developments have been about as expected.  And by my count, there have been many more of the former […]

              Here’s a quickie quiz on the U.S. Constitution: Where, exactly, in the document does the right to privacy appear?               The answer is “nowhere.”  That’s right; one of the assumed cornerstones of American freedom is not inscribed by any express language in the country’s supreme legal document.  It may well be that the Founders […]