by Jack Moline | Jan 19, 2023 | Opinion
Carol Davidson was my mother-in-law. She was born and raised in the badlands of New York City and managed to maintain her accent, her elbows and her pithy observations despite being exiled to Virginia as a young bride. Carol was a mere slip of a thing, as much a...
by Jack Moline | Dec 19, 2022 | Opinion
It is hard for producers of news programs to decide which fatal circumstances to put at the top of the hour. By the time you get to the happy story about the kid or the dog at the end, it is easy to wonder if it’s even worth it. For the individual who begins with a...
by Jack Moline | Nov 8, 2022 | Opinion
Conservative Christian talk-show host Tony Beam’s words may be a dangerous and divisive statement in today’s political climate. Indeed, there are plenty of people on the right and the left who may take them as “fightin’ words.” I consider them wise. Here is what he...
by Jack Moline | Oct 21, 2022 | Opinion
My little black book of quotations has multiple entries from multiple people. Often, it is because a speech or essay contains more than one observation that demanded residence in my memory. Sometimes, it is because a person has an astonishingly consistent talent for...
by Jack Moline | Sep 21, 2022 | Opinion
Any system of personal belief worth its salt includes a demand of true self-awareness. In religious language, the believer with integrity wants to be conscious of sin and, awakened to personal shortcoming or transgression, moved to contrition and repentance. That...
