Pearl Harbor showed American character
(Dec. 7) Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto never actually said he worried his nation had “awakened a sleeping giant ” when it attacked Pearl Harbor 80 years ago in Hawaii. History should […]
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Bob Dole’s final message stressed principled compromise
(Dec. 9) n U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s final public message before he died on Dec. 5, he provided a lesson in civics that too few in today’s politics are willing […]
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On Thanksgiving, remember these OTHER Founders
(Nov. 26) In the conservative spirit of William F. Buckley asserting that “ gratitude ” for our national blessings should be a year-round and lifelong attitude, not just an afterthought […]
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R.I.P. to golf’s great Elder statesman
(Nov. 29) Here’s a tip of the visor to Lee Elder , the golfer who died November 28 at age 87. He was not a superstar, but he was a […]
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On abortion case, liberal justices hurt their own ‘legitimacy’
(Official editorial on the abortion case by the Washington Examiner, Dec. 5) To listen to the liberal justices, one would think the Supreme Court’s job is not to uphold the […]
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Vulgar to virtue: A case study
(Nov. 15) The degraded nature of public discussion these days surely owes much to people feeling as if they aren’t being heard when they try to speak up respectfully. Last […]
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Twitter-banned, live on Saturday night
(Nov. 1) Twitter, you ignorant slut. The randomness, humorlessness, and cultural tone-deafness of Twitter’s censors is a sight (or maybe a site?) to behold. My Twitter account has been suspended […]
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University of Austin will do college right
(Nov. 9) The best news in academia in a long, long time came with this week’s announcement that distinguished scholars and thinkers are founding a new university “fully committed to […]
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Ten (!) completely unrelated columns
Why it’s okay to chant ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ (Nov. 1) Series on Clinton impeachment gets at least some things right (Nov. 2) Youngkin won Virginia by being un-Trump-like, thank goodness […]
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Climate awareness need not mean climate alarmism
(Oct. 27) Credit to a tweet by Tony Heller of Real Climate Science for reminding us how climate alarmists have been the Chicken Littles of the modern world for a […]
