Twenty years ago, Europe still felt whole. Streets were still. Nights were calm. Many slept without worry. You could wander…
The other day, someone asked me why I thought the great epic by Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, no longer seems…
Hebrew Scripture has many accounts of great victories, such as Joshua’s conquest of the Holy Land and King David’s many…
I write from a quiet, mountainous part of Central Europe. The scenery is idyllic, and the fall air is crisp….
I have a friend who has a foolproof trick for when he wants to do something forbidden: “act completely normal.”…
Europe today is the spoiled brat of the West. The sulky teenager who rebels against everything he’s supposed to obey,…
The lights outside a motorway hotel in Kent still flash Vacancy, though every room is taken. Inside, corridors built for…
With the signing of the Middle East peace agreement that ends (at least for now) the Gaza War and returns…
