When my sister Lina told me she’d gotten a wood mill to make boards from trees on her property, I was pretty excited to see the operation. […]
Columns/Opinion
A eulogy for being equal to the situation
Consider this a eulogy for competence. It’s an appreciation long overdue, but then, competence — the quality of being equal to the situation, of knowing what to […]
Sex crimes prosecutors pressing on
Kudos to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, and particularly to lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon and her team, on getting a guilty verdict in the Harvey Weinstein case. […]
Tale of two flags over Iwo Jima
By Paul M. McCardell The Baltimore Sun “The most beautiful scene in all the blue Pacific today is an American Flag whipping the breeze on the top […]
How Trumpcare 2020 could lower medical costs
In 2016, candidate Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare and replace it with “something terrific.” The replacement never materialized. The repeal, however, had been making progress in […]
Mike didn’t get it done at last week’s debate
The only thing that can be said about former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s first appearance with his fellow Democratic presidential candidates in Las Vegas Wednesday […]
Barr was right, left was wrong
It is a sign of our times that Attorney General William Barr tried to do something right and some illiberal liberals, including not a few in the […]
We’re living in post-integrity America
Back during the scandal over his sexual exploitation of an intern, Bill Clinton was pilloried in this space for his moral defects. To which many liberals responded […]
Lives depend on sensible laws
Do you think it is permissible to yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater in order to create a panic? How about whether it is legal to […]
The reason they support Trump isn’t about Trump
Spend any time with people who supported presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 and you quickly find out that the reasons they voted for Trump had very […]