I can’t say for certain that the sound of a champagne flute being smashed underfoot at the end of a wedding ceremony was heard for the first time ever in Franklin County, Missouri last Saturday evening. But it’s possible.
According to Sperling’s survey of the best places to live in the US, the Jewish population of [...]
The author and critic James Bowman recently delivered a talk to the Philadelphia Society in Indianapolis. His address was part of a panel convened to consider “The Pursuit of Wisdom in the Age of the Internet.” Bowman says that although research does not conclude the Internet is making us dumber—quite the opposite, in fact—in his [...]
There has been a troubling coalescing of Marxist economics and anti-Semitism on college campuses in recent years. The anti-globalization crusaders, who rioted in Seattle during the World Trade Organization meetings in the 1990s, more recently have found a vanguard issue – Israel – seeing it as the tip of the spear for colonial capitalism and [...]
My son, Brian, will be married this Saturday, a happy occasion on all counts. In the year since he and Emily announced their engagement, I have been learning about my role in their wedding as “father of the groom.”
My daughter was married about 18 months ago and being the “father of the bride” was a [...]
One of the best parts of my role as chair of the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) – the only organization chartered by Congress to encourage Americans to become active and engaged citizens – is the opportunities I get to thank Americans for their service.
I’ve just spent the last couple of days with two exceptional [...]