As we head into the holidays, New York is a city divided. It has always been a place of vigorous debate and contested policies, but the latest controversy over race and policing has dialed up the vitriol and indicates a further departure from civilized debate. The past summer Eric Garner, a black man on Staten… Read more »
The endless salvos in the American cultural war normally give me a headache and are usually beneath the dignity of comment. But the latest jeremiad against a Fox News host about the race of Santa Claus was informative. Megyn Kelly, on her program The Kelly File, remarked that Santa Claus is white. (She mentioned that… Read more »
Hello to all, and I hope everyone is well. I know its been some time since my last entry. So much in my life has changed—some glitter and gold moments and some rough patches, but that is the beauty of life! As the holidays approach, I often begin to reflect on the many things in… Read more »
