Refugee Ban: Trump exploits America’s collective dark side

01.29.2017 ________________________________________ A story I remember well bears retelling now that Donald Trump is president and leading a post-truth administration Continue reading →

Reflecting on 9/11: Renewing the right spirit within us

09.11.2016 _________________________________________ Today, fifteen years after 9/11 and less than two months from one of the most significant elections in Continue reading →

America: Avoiding an Appointment in Samarra

06.22.2014 _____________________ It’s been years since I read John O’Hara’s novel “Appointment in Samarra.” The epigraph that introduces the book Continue reading →

Beware of ‘Creative Destruction’ in Iran

02.12.2012 _____________________ I have a copy of “The Last American,” a novel published in 1889. It is based on a Continue reading →