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America is doing what must be done in Iran

Following rounds of missile attacks from Iran on Israel, a warhead from one of the missiles was found just hundreds of yards from Jerusalem's Old City. A few hundred yards' difference could have meant the destruction of one or more of the holiest sites of the three major religions — the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, site of the crucifixion of Jesus; the Temple Mount, site of the Holy Temple of the Jews; and the al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam's holiest sites. The Iranian maniacs are prepared to destroy even one of their own holiest sites in pursuit of their insane ...

If you want to be ‘seen,’ try seeing others

I recently came across a curious headline: "The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering." Very few people leaving the workplace have prepared for losing a big part of their identity, according to the Wall Street Journal article. They long to "feel seen" in the next chapter of life. Much has been written about the desire to "be seen" or "feel valued" or "to matter." And not only for retirees. Much social research centers on the "visibility" problems faced by so-called marginalized people. And YouTube is awash in "style after 50" videos for women who fear no one ...

Trump fulfills his promise

If you wanted to look at it this way, President Trump is keeping his promise to end wars by taking out an Iranian regime that has made war on us and underwritten terrorism throughout the Middle East and the world since its 1979 revolution. In killing Iran's top leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 40 others, President Trump has done what no other American president would do. People with Iranian heritage took to the streets across America to celebrate and praise U.S. and Israeli forces. Isn't it nice to see pro-American demonstrators for a change? The usual suspects, ...

There are cons, pros of ‘Operation Epic Fury’

A young lawyer once asked an old Washington hand what to expect when he went down to work for a U.S. Senate committee. The old hand, who'd worked in the Capitol for years, reflected. "Here's the thing, son," he replied. "Things ain't all on the level down here." The point was reconfirmed last week, after the Trump administration launched a military campaign against the Iranian regime in conjunction with Israel, which America dubbed "Operation Epic Fury." The president who derided former President Joe Biden for "getting us into" Russia's war against Ukraine by organizing ...

Legend has helped others reach American success

Having covered the Rev. Jesse Jackson for more than a half-century, I have an insider's understanding of why thousands of people lined up to wait patiently in Chicago to pay their final respects to the departed civil rights icon. Jackson knew when and how to defy power, but he also knew how to cajole the powerful to make room at the table for the excluded. Of all the memories I have gathered in the past 50 years, one stood out on this solemn occasion: Black Expo, an annual convention put on by Jackson's Operation Breadbasket for several years in the late 1960s and early 1970s to ...

Kids aren’t picky eaters

It's not my fault that my kids are picky eaters, I learned today. But it's my fault if I don't fix it. That's what I gleaned from a recent article by Helen Zoe Veit, the author of a forthcoming book called "Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History." Children are not naturally picky, Veit tells us in her piece. Not at all. In fact, children are voracious eaters of vinegar and raw oysters and tiny crabs still in the shells. They are not engineered to demand Lunchables, then only eat the cheese out of the package and the second you cave and buy 10 of ...