JERUSALEM, DECEMBER 2017

by John GuzlowskiPalestinian men walk past a street sign indicating the distance to Jerusalem on December 5, 2017, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Credit: HAZEM BADER/AFP via Haaretz, December 6, 2017the tribes are dividedthe sand ripens...

THE BAKER, THE CAKE, AND THE CLIENT

by Dorothy BairdImage source: Bloomberg BusinessWeekI bake cakes�pound, fruit, layer, sheet�for birthdays and tea breaks.Wedding cakes, my greatest feat.A merger of moist, delicate cakewith frostings and fillings of sweet.Art and skill create a keepsakewith...

NOT A GOOD DAY

by Wayne ScheerNot a good day for me...The Republicans pass a tax billto help the rich get richerand the Yankeesdon't choose Bam Bam Muelinsas their new manager.I have nothing against the Yankees' choice,nor do I care about the rich,one way or the other.But...

HOLDING A CUP

by Tricia KnollI never had to hold up a cupto get what leaks my way.My mother�s French porcelainremaining tea cup, the delicate handle?That pewter beer mugI got at a white elephant party?Yes, I�m strong enoughto keep my arm up for a timethat old, teacher,...

EVICTIONS

by James PenhaIn 1968 an evicted Josephine Bakersat outside the kitchen door of herCh�teau des Milandes behind whichshe had hid Jewish refugees andarms for the Resistance, reared a rainbowof twelve adopted children, and, yes,squandered millions of francs...