Decades ago, when I was a student at St. John’s College, the late great Leo Raditsa said he found the Calvinist doctrine of predestination to

As I wrote this I was observing (imperfectly to be honest) the Fast of Gedaliah. This is a minor fast, from dawn to nightfall, that

We slept in, missing morning services at the synagogue, but planned to attend mincha and Havdalah. (The most devout Jews pray three times a day:

Welcome to the fourth installment of my adventures in Italy, covering day four. The series starts here. I’ll be blunt. The Uffizi Gallery is one

Welcome to the third episode of my journal of my recent trip to Italy, covering day 3. Here’s day one, in which we looked at Roman

Welcome to the second episode of my journal of my recent trip to Italy, covering day 2. Here’s day one, in which we looked at

Writing about Italy is a cliché, and I certainly cannot compare to the great travelers of the past. Yet, the place still fascinates. I am

I’m not good at math (or maybe I am but never worked at it), I sort of stopped trying somewhere around algebra. But I am

At the International Political Science Association World Congress, held in the beautiful and fascinating city of Buenos Aires (a few pics below), one term I

I thought, at the time, that invading Iraq and overthrowing Saddam was the right thing to do and a good idea. The extent to which