Hyde Park's Corner

Daughter Laura is visiting with us from Portland OR.* She joined Ginny and me for our 38th wedding anniversary dinner at Siena , a favorit...

I'm an Independent--a real Independent--and a fan of David Brooks . We part ways on some issues, of course, but I tend to agree with m...

I must admit, I didn't see this coming. But after all, we are talking about Vermont. I just didn't think any state would be ready ...

Mary Oliver so often provides what I need, when I need it--whether I'm looking for it or not, whether I know I need it or not. It'...

On Sunday, May 1, 2011, based upon new American intelligence, and at the direction of President Obama, an elite American SEAL team succeeded...

We couldn't have been more surprised when the statue of Confucius suddenly appeared at Tiananmen in the first place. And set right acr...

One of the biggest problems with U.S. education may be summer vacations. That's what research and empirical evidence is telling us. Ther...

Psalm 23   The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.   He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet water...

First, from Timothy Beal in The Chronicle Review : For many potential Bible readers, the expectation that the Bible is univocal is paral...

President Obama's response to the Republican budget--and all it's draconian implications--was for me just right. Yes, it was as mu...

Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya. Let your mind and heart and emotions speak to you; let the realities of our experience and history inform ...