At the Opera
At the end, there will be a beginning. New Year’s Eve heralds the premiere of…
Year: 2012
Notes from a Precipice
The holiday season, as the cliché goes, is a time of family, and this often…
Faith and Christmas
As Christmas draws closer, I find everything I do bears an increasing sense of urgency.…
A Second Country
The news of the Royal Pregnancy was probably greeted with celebrations down at Number 10…
On the Eve of Leveson
Self regulation of the press in the United Kingdom has failed. The Press Complaints Commission,…
With a Whimper
It was a marked contrast to the flashbulbs and glory of President Obama’s re-election; on…
The Bittersweet Hereafter
Election Day always makes me think of my grandfather. Had he lived to see this…
Fired Up. Ready to Go.
By the time this essay is published, most people in the United States will be…
The Desperate Hours
Climate change is no longer a theory. I grew up in a New York suburb…