When Christmas approaches, many of us reflexively intone peace on Earth. Sadly, many people instead are suffering through conflict, strife,…
In the spring of 1979, the legendary John Wayne lay dying of lung cancer at UCLA Medical Center. He had…
Yesterday, I passed through airports in two decidedly non-Christian nations. In one terminal, “Merry X-mas” played in foot-high letters on…
Body aches, chills, fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath: for the third time since the COVID pandemic began, I’ve either got…
“Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind,” Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) tells the second-grader Susan Walker…
The last light in the Nativity Scene has been turned on. The room is dimly lit. Blue and yellow sparkles…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled 5,000 miles wanting Congress to give him $45 billion but more so wanting not to ask for it….
Don’t even think of mentioning Ukraine. Not Ukraine, not Russia, not anything like that. If you want your family to…