Let's Not Destroy What's Most Important
So, here we go again, round and round and round. Stupidity breeds violence. Violence breeds violence. And here's the real shame of it. By...
Oliver Cromwell, Save Us
I have a dream that a ruler with orange hair wakes up in the year 1649. He hears a knock on his palace door. He opens it and sees...
The Fall of the American Empire
How grim can it become in America by the end of the year? Let me count the ways. I'm not even talking about the pandemic. I'm leaving the...
Think About It (Really)
I can't believe I'm the only one thinking this--what I'm about to propose that is. Worse than the pandemic--far worse--is the political...
Ten Reasons Why I Write
More than once, I've been asked, "Why do you write?" I've usually answered with a trite response, so trite that, fortunately, I can't...
Courage at the Testing Point
The Twentieth century British writer and theologian C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of...
It Must be the Smith in Me
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, so it stands to reason that I would have an obsession with all things having to do with England,...
Go Gentle into that Good Night
Thankfully, it's over. Or is it? Will Donald Trump and his legion of followers (I can't bring myself to write "supporters" for a...
The Worst Man-Child in the World
He never heard the word "No" as a baby or a boy. He groped his first woman when he was just a toddler. He made his first racist comment...
The Return of the Renaissance Pope
Though it may be unprecedented in American history that Donald Trump is considering giving his family members national security clearance...
