OP-ED Articles

Dateline Dayton – Early on a recent Sunday morning, my son Jon and I were on our way to Michigan to move my daughter Darlene and her husband Mike back to Ohio.  They will be our neighbors. My brother Mark loaned us his truck and trailer. Between the two, we managed to move everything. Our first stop was their storage … Read More

Since liberal aficionados traditionally have been known for their unmarried (single-) syllable responses to complex political questions, their gaping gaffe in cheering the uncoupling of Bill O’Reilly was not surprising. Where were liberals 20 years ago – counting grains of blond sand on Santa Monica beach? Majority owners of uncomplicated minds, liberals trumpeting the media murder of Mr. O’Reilly must … Read More

Dateline Dayton – A final take on our Florida vacation: It was Friday and we were on our way home. Unlike past trips, we took two days instead of one to come home, and that doubled our enjoyment.   Leaving Lake City, FL, our second stop was for food.  With few choices, we picked a chain restaurant. Pauline and I … Read More

There is no doubt that a 2003 car tax increase helped wreck Democrat Gray Davis’ career as governor of California. But a new batch of car taxes just passed by state legislators at the strong urging of Gov. Jerry Brown will not harm him or his legacy.   One reason for this is the timing: Mr. Davis was ousted in … Read More

One liberal last night on Twitter, after it was clear Republican Karen Handel would go into a runoff for a Congressional seat in Georgia, attacked her as “childless.” He later deleted the tweet, but declared his support of Democrat Johnny Ossoff because he thinks Ms. Handel would support “big government having its mits on my daughter and her body choice.” … Read More

First of two parts   When I visited a longtime friend of my children’s generation on Friday afternoon, I was reminded of why we celebrate Passover so intensely – to meaningfully connect with G-d.   One morning two weeks ago, Menachem Green, handsome, smart, professionally ambitious, single and hoping to change that status, woke up the way he has done … Read More

Dateline Dayton – A final take on our Florida vacation: It was Friday and we were on our way home. Unlike past trips, we took two days instead of one to come home, and that doubled our enjoyment.   Leaving Lake City, FL, our second stop was for food.  With few choices, we picked a chain restaurant. Pauline and I … Read More

Guest Words –Ben Montgomery and a team from the Tampa Bay Times asked 400 law enforcement agencies across Florida for records of when an officer fired a gun and injured or killed someone between Jan. 1, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2014. The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo, prompted questions about how often such shootings happen. The result of … Read More

Dateline Kotor, Montenegro — Among  the world’s millions of roads and highways, a very select few have themselves become destinations. There are western Canada’s magnificent Icefields Parkway, California’s own Highway 1 through Big Sur and Maui’s Hana Road, to name three. None has anything over the nameless road that winds its way through 13 miles and 27 hairpin turns up … Read More

Dateline Dayton — Our Florida vacation was different this year because we were off our cruise ship early for some reason.  Normally we choose the time. Mysteriously, ot was assigned on this cruise. After leaving the port, we headed out of Tampa, towards Venice.  Since we hadn’t eaten, Pauline and I stopped for breakfast, which turned out to be in … Read More