Comfort: The False Standard

America is accustomed to comfort. Russian-exiled prisoner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn commented in the late 1970s that America was soft because the …

The Beauty of Being a Regular – Word&Way

A motor-scooter zips by me, American flag flapping out in the breeze behind it, as an elderly vet raises his …

An ‘Essential,’ ‘Must-Read’ Book – Word&Way

NOTE: This piece was originally published at our Substack newsletter A Public Witness. When writing a book, a nerve-racking moment comes when …