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She Would Have Turned 60 Today
I wrote this in 2010, but have not published it until today, February 28, 2020. I wrote the headline today, but I have not otherwise updated time references. Twenty-seven years ago, on October 16, 1983, a deeply troubled young woman let go of her last hold on life, and tumbled off the Golden Gate Bridge.…
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Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
“If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature,” my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
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Seeking More Muslim Heroes
Unlike the thugs who killed him, Merabet had assimilated into French society, while retaining his Muslim identity.
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Why Christie’s on the Right Track, in Three Paragraphs
New Jersey’s new governor is determined to reverse the state’s “failed experiment”, which consists of taxes chasing deficits in an ever-ascending spiral. A Barron’s article does the most concise job I’ve seen of explaining what he’s up against, and why his efforts should be supported. Unlike his predecessors, Republican Gov. Chris Christie has recognized that…
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Seaman Recruit Harry Kirk Petersen, United States Navy
The other day I sat in a restaurant and watched my son become a man. Harry recently bailed out of college. He was in the third year of a five-year construction management program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and he hated the place. He had been working at the Philadelphia Housing Authority through Drexel’s co-op…
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There Are a Billion Muslims — We Better Make Friends With Some of Them
America is at war with a global enemy motivated by Islam — but if Islam itself is the enemy, we’re all in trouble. Father Butler should be commended, not attacked, for working to build bridges between Muslims and Christians.
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Torture, Euthanasia, and Decision-Making Without A Bright Line
Bright-line rules provide the comfort of easy decision-making. But many times there is no bright line, leaving people of good will to agonize about the lesser evil, often under intense pressure. When does a ticking-time-bomb interrogation cross the line from harsh to torturous? When does giving morphine to a dying patient cross the line from…
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Why I Like Jon Stewart While Disagreeing With His Politics
Jon Stewart of The Daily Show is a comedian who leans left, not a leftist who uses comedy. He’s willing to tweak people on his own side of the aisle, which sometimes results in him drawing fire from his left. Over at The Corner, Michael Potemra dissects a sanctimonious left-wing hit piece in something called…
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Today’s NJ Gay Marriage Vote Hurts Real People
Same-sex marriage is a straightforward civil rights issue, and the only acceptable outcome is full marriage equality. I believe I’ll see it in my lifetime. But New Jersey took a step in the wrong direction today, and I weep for my friends.