October 2025

Imagine for a moment that you are a voter in New Jersey, New York City, or Virginia who has not decided who you will support in the election in your jurisdiction next week. Yes, it’s a hard thing to imagine such indecision given the flood of annoying television ads, glossy Read more

Government shutdowns are a failure of leadership.  There’s really no excuse for them.  I suppose that many readers can stop now. You know where I’m headed with this particular commentary.  We are almost a month into an impasse in the US Senate that cannot get 60 votes to proceed to Read more

Apologies are a personal thing for many people.  And if you are like me, you’ve had to make more than a few over your lifetime.  Apologies don’t always come easily because people often render them for pretty serious transgressions.  Of course, apologies are not one-size-fits-all.  Apologizing for bumping into someone Read more

In a recent election, several people confided in me that, while they wanted to see their side of the aisle win, they did not like the candidates themselves.  For them, the dilemma was the character of the candidates as opposed to their policies.  In sum, they did not like the Read more