I am always amazed at the true believers who can use their faith to get through life’s most unfathomable tragedies.  There are some, I’m sure, who are using their faith to get through the horrific mass murder that claimed the lives of twenty 6- and 7-year old school children last week in an elementary school […]

When I was a kid I always had a hard time putting together my list of the things I wanted for Christmas.  Being the eldest of four children, I was always being told by my mother to be respectful of the family finances and to set a good example for my younger siblings.  So my […]

Depending on which talking head you happen to be listening to, the fiscal cliff is anything from an absolute economic catastrophe to a mild bump in the road.  My guess is that it is more likely to have limited immediate consequences and that any long term effect would be lost to the myriad of other […]

There is a touch of irony in the fact that Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” has opened in wide release just as the “movement” for secession has become the talk of the day.  Spielberg’s film, though flawed in the usual Spielberg ways of overdoing a good thing, is a reminder of that time in the country’s past […]