If this country had not admitted my immigrant grandfather Yitzchok Lempert (later known as Isaac Lampert) in 1904, and my grandmother Rochel Perski Lempart (later, Rose Lampert) three years later…

Much has been said and written recently about the role and importance of journalism and journalists – and the news media in general – to be truth tellers, to be…

In 1962, two competing networks – NBC and CBS – subsidized Germans seeking to tunnel under the Berlin Wall. The West Germans had one goal: to free their compatriots on…

“Carrie Bradshaw” loved to buy expensive shoes, but the actress who played her? Not so much. Sarah Jessica Parker, contrary to what you may think, is not a shoe horse.…

Three score and 15 years ago, our country was deeply divided. There were the isolationists and the interventionists, the former insisting on an America First that turned its back on…

Let us pause during the madness of this presidential election season to praise the Chicago Cubs,  baseball and America. Sure, I would have preferred to see my beloved Nats go…

One hundred and fifty-seven years ago this week, mayhem ruled the streets of Harpers Ferry.  Late on the evening of Oct. 16, John Brown and his band of 21 raiders…

People of a certain age, or Turner Classic fans, may recall this 1950 film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy as the time-efficient parents of a dozen kids. In real…

I am having a bad case of writer’s blog. Just kidding. But, I hope to keep these blog posts reasonably light, in keeping with the headline I just dredged up…