Goodbye to Joe Morgan, baseball superstar and good man
(Oct. 13) When I was a boy, I wanted to grow up to be Joe Morgan. The Hall of Fame second baseman, who died Sunday night of polyneuropathy, was said […]
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Two crucial policy lessons from Trump’s COVID-19 case
Links embedded in the headlines of both these important thought pieces stemming from Trump’s infection with the coronavirus: Congress should act to forestall an incapacity-related crisis (Oct. 2): Congress should […]
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Trump ad wrongly condemns Biden’s crime bill
(Oct. 2) A new Trump campaign commercial makes an engaging pitch for support from black Americans, but it repeats an attack against opponent Joe Biden that is flagrantly inaccurate and […]
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Gale Sayers was NFL’s greatest gift to our culture
(Sept. 23) NFL Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers, who died Wednesday at age 77, left two indelible marks on the American psyche. The first one left football fans […]
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Betsy DeVos protects girls from unfair trans competition
(Sept. 18) It’s no wonder Betsy DeVos drives the Left nuts. As the political Left goes all atwitter about a transgender-related issue that could massively help conservatives in this fall’s […]
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Tribute to author Winston Groom, R.I.P.
(Sept. 17) MOBILE, Alabama — At the very end of the novel bearing his name, the character Forrest Gump says, “At least I ain’t lived no hum-drum life.” Gump’s creator, […]
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What Hurricane Sally was like, in almost real time
(Sept. 16) MOBILE, Alabama — Winston Churchill wrote in the late 1800s that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result,” and that’s what most […]
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Before Sally hit, wishing her away
(Sept. 14) MOBILE, Alabama — For those of us on the central Gulf Coast, the ritual of tracking hurricanes involves a strange psychological tug of war between “been-there/done-that” disdain and […]
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The Left’s fake ‘anti-racism’ exacerbates racism
Racism is very real, and it ought to be combatted. Today’s radical Left, though, pushed noxious notions under the mere guise of fighting racism. Herewith, three column on related subjects, […]
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Novak Djokovic shows class after disqualification
(Sept. 7) Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic paid dearly for a momentary outburst of relatively mild frustration, but handled it like a consummate gentleman. He deservedly lost a chance at a […]
