The Lord of the Dance!

I associate that phrase, not with the Irish dance troupe, nor yet with the eponymous carol we sing while forming a Conga line at Christmas Revels, but with the story of King David and Saul's daughter Michal. And I immediately thought of it when I saw the video of Trump dancing on arrival in Malaysia, … Continue reading The Lord of the Dance!

”The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places..”

September 11. I woke up and turned on the TV, hoping to hear that they had caught Charlie Kirk’s killer. The screen blossomed with the roiling, fulminating smoke of the twin towers giving up the ghost on that awful day 24 years ago.Yesterday I saw the video of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. His rose-red lifeblood bursting, … Continue reading ”The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places..”