Ehlers on Everything

To make sense of our present, we must understand our past. This is the essence of history. We are currently a divided nation. Individual sta...

Frances Perkins, Time Magazine Cover, August 14, 1933 When I studied economics in college during the late 1970s, I learned about supply and ...

Ralph Branca, Brooklyn Dodgers, October 3, 1951 My father grew up in Jersey City during the 1930s and 1940s and developed an early attachmen...

Abraham Joshua Heschel speaking at UCLA, May 25, 1963 I find it helpful in life to identify role models, people who inspire you to live with...

It should come as no surprise to my faithful readers that I do not like the Milwaukee Brewers. Indeed, when it comes to baseball, I do not l...

The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between. – Barbara Kingolver, Demon Copperhead  ...