Before going to bed the night of the election with a foreboding that Trump had won again, I listened to the “Largo” movement of Dvorak’s “New World” symphony. And wept.…
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It’s often been said that what begins in California spreads to the rest of the country, and the world. God help us if that’s still the case, because it feels…
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This past week the world commemorated one of the grimmest anniversaries in human history—the atomic bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing over 200,000 people. Today is the 75th anniversary…
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Who said the following, one of President Trump’s lackeys, or a mouthpiece for China’s new confidence and assertiveness? “The survival of the state comes first, and constitutional law must serve…
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Few generations in the history of civilization have shown more promise in their youth but been more of a disappointment in their adulthood and aging than my generation, the “Boomers,”…
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It’s late morning, a typically hot summer morning inland in California. But a fine breeze blows through the brown hills, and it takes the edge off the heat, making the…
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Many of the movies that Hollywood has churned out in the last 20 years are based on the premise that evil is interesting while good is boring. That’s hard to…
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Having driven all the way across the country from northern California to South Carolina, it wasn’t until we crossed the border into the state that started the Civil War that…