Tuesday night, President Trump delivered a spirited, televised speech to an energetic crowd of supporters in Arizona. It came with the type of rhetoric we’ve grown accustomed to: lashing out at political opponents (on both sides of the aisle), doubling-down on past statements, bragging of an unprecedented number of presidential accomplishments, and… CONTINUE
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Politics Have Eclipsed Our Sense of Humor
As yesterday’s solar eclipse began to take shape, and the sunlight steadily dimmed, social media exploded with pictures of Americans across the country, wondrously gazing up at the sky. Smiles and silly-looking sunglasses adorned their faces as they sat with friends, family, and even strangers, cheerfully awaiting the celestial event. It was… CONTINUE
America’s Second Civil War
“They had found a leader, Robert E. Lee — and what a leader! … No military leader since Napoleon has aroused such enthusiastic devotion among troops as did Lee when he reviewed them on his horse Traveller.” So wrote Samuel Eliot Morison in his magisterial “The Oxford History of the… CONTINUE
First They Came For the Statues
As you know, a statue was destroyed this week in Durham, North Carolina. The monument of a soldier was not dedicated to anyone in particular, but symbolized young men who fought for the Confederacy. It was pulled down and then stomped on by a crew of radical leftists, identified by… CONTINUE
Sarah Silverman Stung By 11 Killer ‘Alt Left’ Burns
Sarah Silverman prides herself on being woke. Well informed? That’s another matter. The far-left comic fired off a surly Tweet Wednesday that echoed the mainstream media narrative about the “Alt-Left.” To sum up the media groupthink … what’s that? It’s almost as if we haven’t seen a steady flow of anger,… CONTINUE
If We Erase Our History, Who Are We?
When the Dodge Charger of 20-year-old Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields Jr., plunged into that crowd of protesters Saturday, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, Fields put Charlottesville on the map of modernity alongside Ferguson. Before Fields ran down the protesters, and then backed up, running down more, what was happening seemed… CONTINUE
Sometimes the Good Guys Win
I am writing this column to inform readers of some good news. The sustained efforts of individuals, organizations and the media who oppose everything people like me stand for — America as an exceptional nation among the nations of the world; the unique contribution of the Judeo-Christian value system in… CONTINUE
Trump’s Willingness to Call out the Enemy…Sometimes
In October of last year, then Candidate Trump said in a presidential debate, “To solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name.” He was referring to President Obama’s well-documented reluctance to use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorists” when speaking of… CONTINUE