A Reflection on America’s 250th

A Reflection on America’s 250th

This Independence Day carries a little extra weight. 250 years is a milestone worth marking.    But in many ways, America is still young.    Our next chapter won’t be written by historians. It will be written by all of us.    Let’s make it one to be proud...
Thoughts of War, Peace and Napoleon

Thoughts of War, Peace and Napoleon

In 1804, in a pompous ceremony in Notre Dame cathedral, Napoleon placed the royal crown of France on his own head and proclaimed himself Emperor of France. The ceremony took place with Pope Pius VII in attendance to conduct the coronation, but to show that he was the...