Forget MJ and LeBron: Bill Russell was the best
(August 1) The greatest basketball player who ever lived was Bill Russell, who died Sunday at age 88. Apologies to Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and other claimants to […]
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A plague of public rudeness
(August 4) COVID-19 may be the most deadly plague of the past few decades, but the most widespread and growing pestilence may be that of public rudeness. Everywhere one goes […]
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The Heritage Foundation tackles the rot at Monticello and Montpelier
(July 27, EXCLUSIVE) In a paper released concurrently with this Washington Examiner column, which exclusively reports it as a first (at this link), Heritage Foundation scholar Brenda Hafera writes that […]
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James Madison needs defending, too
Herewith, two pieces defending James Madison and his homestead, Montpelier, just as last week featured two column about the leftist assault on Thomas Jefferson and his homestead, Monticello. (To read […]
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SF Chronicle yells ‘racist!,’ violates journalistic ethics
(July 20) The overuse of the word “racism” has become such a pathology that even a major newspaper headline affixed the label to remarks that were not racist at all. […]
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Thomas Jefferson needs and deserves defending
Two pieces occasioned by reports of Thomas Jefferson Foundation trashing its own namesake. Yes, Jefferson was a great, great man (July 11): The Sage of Monticello deserves defending. Alas, the […]
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St. Andrews did well to honor Nicklaus
(July 14) Golfer Bobby Jones was the beau ideal, in the fullest and best sense, of the amateur sportsman. Benjamin Franklin was, well, Benjamin Franklin. It is a testament to […]
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Woke insanity is wrong: Men cannot get pregnant
(July 13) The cultural Left’s obsessive attempts to redefine the word “woman,” and, indeed, to destroy the concept of women entirely, aren’t merely sops to the apparently fragile feelings of […]
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Our America remains the greatest, no matter what Gen Z thinks
Two July 4/Our-America-themed pieces. (Links to full columns are embedded in each headline.) Yes, the USA is history’s most wonderful nation (July 4): On this Independence Day , a Gallup […]
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Trip to Italy highlights glories of Western Civilization
(June 28) Western civilization is magnificent, our Judeo-Christian heritage is precious, and human achievement inspired by God is wondrous indeed. Such are the overarching impressions from my two weeks in Italy, […]
