On Dec. 11 – two weeks before Christmas – our beloved angel, Katherine Josephine Hauck, returned to her home in heaven. A light went out of the world. Born Feb. 19, 2004, the 21-year-old girl leaves behind grief-stricken parents, Alan and Debbie Hauck, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She ...
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism." Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union "wasn't real socialism." Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that. He says the Soviet Union ...
When I go to synagogue, I always smile and wave at the armed police officers stationed outside. I want them to know they're appreciated, but also, at some level, I guess it's fair to say that I'm trying to ingratiate myself so that the cop will want to put his or her life on the line to save us ...
On my 11th Christmas, my parents were preparing to divorce. At the time, I didn't know that, of course, though I imagine most children sense, on some level, the rising tension and animosity that can precede separation. They were certainly fighting more, and I remember hating it, being the only ...
One of the most persistent mistakes in modern politics is the insistence on flattening all ideologies — pretending that all human beings think the same way, want the same things and are motivated by the same forces. Every time policymakers fall into this trap, the result is not compassion or ...
I was thinking just a few days ago how I hadn’t heard much lately from Mitt Romney. I suppose the realization wasn’t shocking, given that the conservative movement at this point revolves completely around President Donald Trump and Romney is no longer a part of the U.S. Senate, but I was ...
