This whole piece started with a rum on the rocks and mindless scrolling through Instagram. A photo of smiling women with a "Happy birthday, mom!" caption caught my eye. I watched as the rum lifted my ...

With this week’s parasha, the Torah, almost imperceptibly, ceases to deal with individuals and begins to deal with nations. The Eternal said, Shall I keep secret from Avraham what I am going to do, ...

When Dwight Eisenhower assumed the presidency in 1953, he had one immediate policy objective: to end the Korean War. In July of 1953 the war came to an end, with an uneasy stalemate. That the war did ...