I couldn’t help feel happy when I learned that Ukraine had captured some Russian territory. And it made me think of the song “High Hopes,” popularized by Frank Sinatra for a movie in 1959. It goes like this: Just what makes that little old ant Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant Anyone knows an […]
We have a slaughter under way in Gaza with the U.S. Congress now considering more aid to Israel. We have a humanitarian crisis at the border, not just with immigrants but with those trying to care for them. We have a continuing war in Ukraine with stalling on the part of some members of Congress. […]
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces reminds me very much of the fear I had for the Russians as a child of the Cold War. I grew up near Kansas City, and several strategic military installations were nearby. My dad always thought we might be a ready target. I heard some of that I […]