Back in the fall of 2015, in response to a column I had written on the chaos Donald Trump had brought to the Republican presidential race, a reader told me that he intended to vote for Trump in the primary because he (the reader) wanted to be able to say… CONTINUE
Christmas Gift Ideas for the Conservatives on Your List
Thanksgiving is always a good time to distance oneself from politics, and focus on closer-to-home things like enjoying time with family and planning for the end of the year. I usually take the week off from writing a particularly substantive column, and instead put together a lighter, more personal piece…. CONTINUE
Classic TV Specials Are a Great Christmas Tradition
Note: This parenting column originally ran in the Greeley Tribune in December of 2013. One of my favorite Christmas traditions as a child was watching the holiday kids’ specials the networks aired every year. I’m talking about those animated classics from the 60s and 70s, namely Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,… CONTINUE
The Jewish Grinch Who Stole Christmas
I never thought I’d live to see the day that Christmas would become a dirty word. You think it hasn’t? Then why is it that people are being prevented from saying it in polite society for fear that it will offend? Why, after 60 years, is the city of Santa… CONTINUE
Slaughtering Sacred Cows
People in the West used to make fun of India because of their sacred cows. But now it’s India’s turn to laugh because we have become a nation overrun with privileged bovines. The major difference is that ours have only two legs. We’re all well aware that you can’t speak… CONTINUE