A former NATO commander has advised the United States that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a signal that our country should gear up for war.  Naturally, someone my age who lived through World War II is likely to greet this statement with horror. Worse, the means of fighting a war h

Movies were central to my life as a child.  For ten cents, I could hit the Saturday cartoon matinée and for two hours escape my poverty. Sunday afternoons, mom paid fifty-cents for two tickets to the grown-up flicks.  After that, we had a cheap dinner, probably Chinese, and went ho

After the 2016 presidential election, I read an opinion piece that mocked people who donned a safety-pin to show their solidarity with marginalized people. (Click)  The critic, Christopher Keelty, accused these individuals of hypocrisy: assuaging their guilt rather than taking substa