President Donald Trump’s brilliant plan for Mideast peace has triggered a sandstorm of negativity and deflection from the regular naysayers who attack anything the president says and does. Critics of his recently unveiled peace aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should ...

Developed societies are those in which the common good has been multiplied many times, over a long period of time. It may seem paradoxical that such things happen in spite of virtually all of those societies pretty much ignoring the common good during the period of greatest advancement. Along ...

I think of February as “Heart Month.” Everywhere you look will see hearts these days. Although the red, white, and pink hearts have little to do with heart function, they are a great reminder to be kind to one of the larger organs of our body, the heart. The jury is still out on whether ...

It hasn’t been the greatest week for our country, has it? Those who look toward fairness and decency as a sign of our country’s health may feel concerned or disappointed. I don’t know about you, but I thought the Super Bowl halftime show was degrading to women. It seems to me that ...

Sitting at my table, I’m delighted to see the red-belly pecking away at the suet. It’s always a male so I presume it’s the same one who visits me day after day. His red belly seems very obvious now, in wintertime. There were certainly many days when I wondered about the name — perhaps ...

I’m on my way to New York City today for the 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show. For the past few years, the competition included dogs who had not yet earned their championship, but this year, it is once again a champions-only show. This year, the group and best in show judging will ...