“Smuckers Buys Bustelo” The first thing I noticed, when we walked into Bruno’s, was the long, dark bar which stood in front of a classic Italian looking, espresso machine. Thanks to Chris and Sharon, we have finally had a perfect cup of coffee, in Cleveland, Ohio. Days later, Kate and I are still talking...
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Delta Airlines to Bar Jews From Flights This is a story which must be followed. Delta Airlines plans to partner with Saudi Arabia to discriminate against Jews, do not allow this to happen. Surely, an American company cannot be allowed to participate in this evil and despicable behavior. Delta will respond to financial pressure,...
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What Has Happened to America? It is not without cause that so many songwriters have immortalized California’s Ventura Highway, the 101, in verse. There is something about driving down the101 with the windows rolled down, and the music turned up a bit higher than normal, which defies words. The rushing wind, hot sunshine, smells...
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Men of Faith “Even though Times Square Church was miles away from my Tennessee church — in more ways than geographically — I felt at home there, in my red velvet seat, sitting in the sometimes uncomfortable presence of God. I closed my eyes during “Amazing Grace,” heard people all around me singing in...
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“Well, after a while there is nothing left to fight about.” I opened the third drawer of my seven day dresser, where I keep my hair brush and the like and which I have opened a thousand times in the last ten years; but saw something different, it was as if I was...
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Subject: Unworthy of a Single Thought The words were cold, cruel, and bitter; nevertheless I read them again, I had to. One more time, from the beginning – I had to see beyond what they said and focus on what they meant. There was comfort to be had in their hatred. I would never...
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Walking In Paris by Anne Sexton I come back to your youth, my Nana, as if I might clean off the mad woman you became, withered and constipated, howling into your own earphone. I come, in middle age, to find you at twenty in high hair and long Victorian skirts trudging shanks’ mare fifteen...
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Have we really gone back to the shores of Tripoli? From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean: We are proud to claim the title Of United...
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Christ and the First Amendment “Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case. In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of...
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The Panama Canal – Is America Still Dreaming “The plan was wildly ambitious. But Roosevelt had backed it, and Stevens was confident it could be done. ‘There is no element of mystery involved in it,’ Stevens reported to Washington, ‘the problem is one of magnitude, not miracles.’” Recently, I watched “Panama Canal”, on...
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