Commentary

What started as an column suggesting the need for a change in the federal impeachment process, has morphed into a look at how Americans ‘may’ be treated when they reach out to their federal elected officials.

In Judaism, they can never be considered outdated because they are not a symptom of the time.

When I heard Ms. Woodward's campaign slogan, "a hand up, not a hand out," I felt compelled to comment. A handout to the homeless, she claimed, has a way of "enabling them."

In our uncivil age, a whole lot of folks seem to have forgotten that lesson, or maybe never learned it in the first place. They confuse hurtful, unfeeling behavior with some form of self-expression or personal freedom.

Hope? I’ve never had a very good relationship with hope. First, I haven’t much experienced what I heard others describe as hope; I’ve been better acquainted with despair.

In the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church, there is no official doctrine or dogma concerning heaven and hell.