So we’re into election campaign mode.  This does not, by any stretch of the imagination, mean that matters will now go smoothly: We’ve

Tonight we kindle the first light of Chanukah.  And it strikes me that this year the messages and themes of the holiday are

There is a profusion of events to report on, none of which is likely to be greeted as good news. So we’ll take

In my last posting, I wrote about hope – and I still have hope. We should all have hope.

However, while we are