Nows and Forevers

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Today is the 78th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, which was the last time the German army attacked the Allied armies that had marched across France and Belgium resolutely following the invasion of Normandy on June 6.It’s always been a day that I have marked, ever since I learned when I was… Continue reading

It’s been 10 years since the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty children and six adults were killed that morning, 11 days before Christmas, in a suburban Connecticut school. I’m a journalist who, by training and temperament, tries to stay professional about the tragedy that I’ve been around so much in my career. I’ve… Continue reading

The past week I’ve done something that I haven’t done in a long time: Listened to an album all the way through, the way the artists intended. Even when I lived in the world of 45s and 33 1/3s, and that was the first half of my life, I didn’t really do that. And mp3s… Continue reading