The Last Christmas Tree

As we sat in church this morning, our Pastor preceded his message for this weekend with a prayer for the people of Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  It seems that yesterday--Saturday, October 27, 2018--their congregation became victims of a shooting rampage that left this close-knit historic Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, along with …

History and People’s Sentiments Repeat Themselves

The 2018 United States elections will be held mostly on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections will take place in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump's first term. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested.  But, …