My U. S. Senator voted against the Ukrainian-Istreal aid package that Congress passed recently.  He said he opposed it because of  Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct in the Gaza war.  I like my Senator. Nonetheless, I sent him an email that accused him of being long on principle, but s

A Chinese proverb about the butterfly effect teaches that small changes can have great consequences.  Who would have thought that a farmer drilling a well to tap groundwater for his crops would cause the earth to wobble on its axis?  Yet climate scientists report that farmers, towns

Being someone who meditates for enlightenment, I decided to bend my thoughts to the state of our democracy. My reason for doing so was this statement: the public has more confidence in the military than any other national institution. (“Crisis of Command,” by Risa Brooks et al, Fo