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The Healing Power of Beauty
We live in turbulent times, times especially exhausting if you are a political junky like I am. With the internet bringing news from anywhere on the globe to our computers within minutes, and with so much tension between nations rising and falling every day, the world can feel too much with us. There are many…
The Cost of Greenland
We are all in uncharted waters as President Trump pushes to take over Greenland. Greenland belongs to Denmark, one of our allies, so the most obvious conclusion is that the US is threatening one of our friends. Since the beginning of the Cold War, all the countries of Western Europe have faced a threat from…
Canaries in the Coal Mine
Is there a special love that grandparents have for grandchildren? I think most grandparents would say yes. The fact that there is a generation between my two grandchildren and me doesn’t mean that I love them less than I love their parents. I believe it does mean that I love my grandchildren differently from how…
Facing The New Year
How do we approach this new year of 2026? Yes, we had our traditional celebrations to ring in the new year, but how many of us shuddered inwardly when we thought of all that could happen in 2026? China is poised to attack Taiwan. Europe is seriously preparing for war with Russia. Iran is in…
Missing Cronkite
Readers of my generation will have no trouble remembering Walter Cronkite. He was a plain-looking, partially bald “newsman” unlike the Hollywood-attractive news presenters found today on every channel. Cronkite rarely smiled, and I can’t remember him ever delivering one of the feel-good stories that are woven into newscasts today to balance the darker news stories.…
There Were Shepherds
As I was thinking of all the topics worth writing about this week, one global, national, and personal concern after another came to mind. In a few moments, I had a long list of issues to ponder, but then I asked myself if readers deserved a break this week from more worries. I’m sure the…