On Jan. 17, we can celebrate Benjamin Franklin’s 310th birthday. Perhaps you will join me in the view that Franklin…
My previous column invited selections for the “greatest American of all time.” Responses came from women asking about females…
How did three very different sons address deaths of their fathers? I was stirred to think about some comparisons as…
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King Jr. repeated that statement…
The elections of 2016 could affect all of us for decades to come — even for the rest of our…
A week ago, one of the most diverse groups of people ever assembled at Hofstra University provided a striking example of…
The 2016 election season is one of the most dramatically controversial in decades. So far, fortunately, it has not…
My dear friend, Harold Saunders, died this month. Hal’s obituary in The New York Times (March 9) demonstrates why he…
A “Tipping Point” is approaching for the demise of tackle football. The game will end first for pre-collegiate players. Indeed, some…
The last two words of my first column were “World Serious.” As with many other perspectives, I learned that phrase…
As I celebrate my journey past Lincoln’s “four score” count, what a pleasure and privilege it is to write for…
Theodore Roosevelt is rated among the top five American presidents in history. In light of that acclaim, you might…
Early in the 2008 campaign I met Rick Shenkman when he came to speak at Hofstra. I took exception to…
His life spanned 1706 to 1790, a century of kings, emperors, “lords,” and of precious little representative government or democracy. …
Controversies about the selection of a Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia have high importance for our nation. …
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