When someone says, “I’m a glass half-full person,” that means he or she tries to look on the positive side of any situation, even if the reality is mixed. In the case of border security and the spending bill passed by Congress, it would be hard, from the administration’s point of view, to call it […]

Miguel wasn’t the fastest kid in his class, but he could run. Fast enough for third-grade softball, you know. And fast enough to get a kite up in the air. I t was recess and several other kids were flying kites today. Just enough breeze to keep one up. So Miguel went to the downwind […]

The Supreme Court has stirred controversy with two merely procedural orders.  They revealed much about the state of our political world. In one case, the Court decided to suspend a Louisiana law that requires doctors performing abortions to be admitted to practice at a hospital.  The law could have the effect of eliminating all but […]

It’s a dating adage that you can’t fix a man. I’m not so sure why this is never applied to larger social concerns. The simple truth is men do not want to be fixed. Enlightened? Possibly. Transformed? Perhaps. But fixed? No. Think of an intelligent, attractive, and successful woman who takes on a far less intelligent, attractive, and […]

Why has cursive writing been relegated to the trash heap of outdated, insignificant and inconsequential practices? Could we have tossed out a critical link to effective and productive learning for our children? Have we been duped into eliminating a practice whereby our children would be allowed to fully develop their brains? Can cursive writing be […]

Advanced Placement classes, administered by the College Board, are rigorous courses meant to expound upon a subject to the benefit of the student. When these courses are seen on a transcript, colleges identify those students as adept, or as willing to sponsor their education. As such, Advanced Placement, or AP, classes are designed to expose […]

One Father’s Day, when I was 6 years old, I asked my dad why there was no such thing as “Kids’ Day,” and he said, “Because every day is kids’ day.” And that’s my feeling about Presidents Day. Every day is Presidents Day. Besides, I’m not quite sure if not getting my mail is going […]

Perhaps America’s most beloved and respected president was Abraham Lincoln, who now shares a national holiday—Presidents Day—with George Washington.  Today most Democrats would oppose him, as they once did in 1860.  He opposed slavery and socialism.  He saw nothing in the Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, worthy of emulation. On the ownership of property Abraham […]