Some years ago Paul Simon popularized a song entitled, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” The 51st way to leave your lover was discovered inadvertently during a Thanksgiving trip to Washington, D.C.

It takes more than an ability to “make a deal” to keep the peace in a complicated world.

It was fascinating to watch how such a gentle and caring person came in tandem with an equally feisty wit and vitriol.

The concept of free speech suffered throughout the year.

German scientists want you to bundle up to get ready for a century of global cooling.

I remember one Christmas when I lost my grip on reality and asked my helpmate if she wouldn’t like a little something from Victoria’s Secret. She allowed as how it might be a waste of money unless I planned to wear it.

If, as some believe, it was the role of Christianity to spread the word throughout the world, it is the Jews who claim first rights to the idea of the dignity of man.

Unfortunately, while it is more than likely Hillary Clinton knows the truth, President Obama seems to be a believer and a purveyor of the “nothing Islamic to see here” Islamic defense.

The struggle against Islamic terrorists is a war. It is not conventional war but is a war nevertheless. The response from the West has to be more than the ubiquitous candle light vigils.

The hard truth facing the Democratic Party is that their common resort to cultural issues may have run its course and is now a losing strategy.