For more than 15 years as a publisher, I’ve had the unique opportunity to watch the media industry evolve at extraordinary speed.

Jewish singers and songwriters have made great contributions to country and western music.

Ever since Gutzon Borglum, his son Lincoln and their associates carved the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Six Grandfathers in Lakota), the term “Mount Rushmore” has been used to list the top four figures in almost any category. 

Donald Trump, currently arguing on appeal that the First Amendment protected his right to incite the Jan. 6 mob, simultaneously claims the First Amendment does not protect a comedian’s right to insult him. 

Few public servants have left as deep and multifaceted a mark on American life as Barney Frank. For more than three decades representing Massachusetts in Congress, Frank built a reputation for something rare in politics: unflinching honesty, intellectual rigor, and a relentless commitment to equality. He didn’t just advocate for change — he helped architect it. 

The morning was perfect, beyond any expectation. We went to the orchid show, and we were in a pink-cloud honeymoon that neither of us expected but we both felt intensely for an hour and a half.