My husband, Gary, has fond memories of several older men in his Ella White School neighborhood who influenced his life in positive ways during his youth. One was a crusty, tobacco-chewing, but likable character, named Bob. Bob knew all sorts of things about the great outdoors, and ...
T’is the Season to be Happy! No matter who you are or what part of our United States of America you hail from, the Winter Holiday of Christmas (aka Noel, Yuletide, Navidad, Wesolych, Rizdvo or Nollaig) is celebrated by all. Giving gifts, sweet desserts, decorating our homes with lights, ...
What is Christmas? It’s the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, of course. But it’s way more than that. It conjures up childhood memories from long ago and marks the end of another year with nothing but our unknown future in front of us. As a child, my sister and I were always ...
This is our twentieth Christmas in Northeastern Michigan and a lot has changed over the years, besides getting older. Our first Christmas as empty nesters, in a place where we knew no one, was very different from the holiday celebrations up until then. We still had a Christmas tree, but it ...
How many more Jews must die before the world wakes up and does something about it? Maybe that's the problem: the world doesn't want to wake up as too many people are fine with hating Jews. The murder of at least 15 Jewish Hanukkah celebrants and the wounding of many more in Australia last ...
For years, pointing out the obvious was considered impolite: America's biggest, most distortionary transfer of wealth does not flow from elites to the working class. Nor does it show up as corporate welfare. It flows from the relatively young and poor to the relatively old and wealthy. It's the ...