Blue wave. Tsunami. Bloodbath. Armageddon. (If you trust the process and counting.)

I was never optimistic about the midterm results. And today we learned what many of us have long suspected: the bulk of the American citizenry, or

Canada went tropical last week (October 24, 2026). I would have written "Hell freezes over in Canada," but Canada is frozen most of the year, so that wouldn't work.

A woman recently paid $32 to have an Arby's double roast beef sandwich delivered to her home. The sandwich cost $13.28. Uber Eats tacked on a $12 delivery fee, another $2 for distance, taxes, and a $3 tip. Thirty-two dollars for a sandwich.

There's an old saying in poker: if you can't spot the sucker at the table, chances are you're the sucker.

Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas was never meant to be a place of controversy.

Dallas was founded as a trading post near a passable ford over the Trinity River. It was a natural place for transacting commerce -- a place where water and trail

Democrats are telling America what they intend to do if they return to power. All voters have to do is listen. And listen well. 

The defining value of many American Jews is "Tikkun Olam."

That it is the purpose of Jews to "repair the world" is taken from a once obscure passage in the Talmud.

You've probably noticed that dinner costs more than it used to. Not a little more. A lot more.

Four years ago, when the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates to fight inflation, we were told the medicine was working.

It feels as if the march of history is accelerating now.  The number of meaningful current events around the globe continues to grow. 

After Donald Trump, with Pete Hegseth's strong support, renamed the Defense Department to its former, more bellicose-sounding War Department name, tongues wagged.

The Milwaukee Brewers have finally won their first World Series championship, in the franchise's 58th season, dating back to 1969. Of course, the club wasn't always known as the Brewers.

From Wikimedia Commons: Sack of Rome of 1527 (Johannes Lingelbach, unknown date)

The fragility of civilization is an equally compelling and unsettling insight in Western thought.