Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays. We know because Perry Como reminds us incessantly every year about this time. And because the airports become […]
Columns/Opinion
The Zen of the most American of nation’s holidays
Editor’s Note: This is a revised version of a column first published in November 2002. Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost […]
A lesson for all Americans from ‘The Crown’
There is a telling scene in Season 3 of the Netflix drama “The Crown” about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that can instruct contemporary America about […]
Political courage is contagious
During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 13, Ambassador William Taylor described our diplomatic relations with Ukraine in terms of two channels. The first […]
‘This is America. …And here, right matters’
In her diary entry for July 15, 1944, Anne Frank wrote words that would harrow and challenge generations not yet born: “I still believe, in spite of […]
What is ‘unfettered capitalism’?
Enemies of unfettered capitalism, unite! For as long as I can remember, people on the left have complained about “unfettered capitalism.” Moderate liberals do it, and of […]
D’s, R’s teamed for Sesame Street
By Newton N. Minow Chicago Tribune (TNS) The opening days of the House impeachment inquiry deepened the sharp political divisions that make our country more polarized than […]
Communities across US face water crisis
CRESCO, Iowa – If you come to this rural Iowa town, you’ll learn about a problem that may sound familiar. In The New York Times, for instance, […]
Is Medicare for All healthy?
By Marie Fishpaw The Heritage Foundation (TNS) Think you’ll be better off if Congress outlaws your private health coverage and puts you on a new government-run health […]
Bloomberg, billionaires & self-righteousness
I’d like to personally bop over the head the next Democrat who says that Michael Bloomberg shouldn’t be running for president because he’s a billionaire. Let’s give […]