Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth; And ere a man hath power to say “Behold!” The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream A pity … Continue reading
Ten years ago, I wrote a column for a local paper. This is from the piece I wrote after 9/11: As uncomfortable as it might be for us to admit, the world in which we live today is completely different from the one we lived in only a week ago. True, most of us can … Continue reading
