On this Christmas Eve day as I prepare for some last-minute mayhem at some stores–and following my being out yesterday to get new tires on

It has become a sign of the season right along with lights appearing on the neighbors’ shrubbery and listening to Tony Bennett cover “O Little

During this Thanksgiving Day week here in the United States, I am reminded of an anecdote I ran across some years ago.  The true story

Our daughter’s semester abroad this Fall gave my wife and me the opportunity last week to visit the country of Hungary and specifically the wonderful

Some words stick with you longer than others for reasons hard to identify.   One such word is “aggiornamento,” which I learned along the way in

If you are someone who is instantly turned off by the kind of blog (or any kind of writing) whose premise is along the lines