Even though I was always a logophile and I taught English for a year or two, my first love in academe was history. I think my love of history is in my DNA because my first exposure to historical texts happened before I could even read. Coincidentally, it was also my first act of defiance ...

I am obsessed with food. I’m not talking about just eating it, though that is a very important element. I make a weekly menu so I don’t waste food. I have a budget to buy food. I wonder who grows my food. I contemplate how far my food travels. I ponder whether I’m capable of growing my ...

If you are a regular reader of these weekly articles, you might have picked up on my call for vehicle and traffic laws (VTL) to be set nationally, not by each state. There’s a lot to be said for “states’ rights,” but, with such a mobile nation, VTL should be the same in every state. ...

Passover, which commemorates the sorrow of the Jews’ slavery in Egypt and the joy of freedom and deliverance, begins with the traditional Seder meal on April 1. Good Friday comes just two days later, memorializing Christ’s suffering on the Cross, followed by Easter Sunday, celebrating ...