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Despite It All I'm Still a Patriot Jul. 04, 2025
On the eve of our nation's 249th birthday, a Gallup poll finds that only 58% of Americans feel "extr... Read More
Musty Old Words Apr. 04, 2025
"Last words" used to be a popular concept. The idea was that, at the moment of your death, you were ... Read More
Slavery in America Aug. 07, 2024
Today people are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine a... Read More
Bleedin' Green and Black Jun. 21, 2024
Juneteenth is done, but the horrors of Pride Month continue, and there's still no "White History Mon... Read More
American Caesar and Constitutional Indifference May. 30, 2024
A recent column in The Economist magazine asking if America is dictator-proof got me to thinking if ... Read More
The Tyranny of the Majority May. 23, 2024
"Which is better - to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants ... Read More
A Key to Baltimore's Broken Heart Apr. 03, 2024
A week ago, while Baltimore slept, the Francis Scott Key Bridge stood, its gorgeous and graceful tru... Read More
Lincoln's Life Lesson on Saving Democracy Feb. 21, 2024
A towering man faced the townspeople in the morning rain and chill. His parting words from a train m... Read More
Warren Harding's Real Scandal Was His Conservatism Jul. 31, 2023
Mark Twain said history doesn't repeat but it rhymes. The life of Warren G. Harding rhymes with the ... Read More
The Hot Summer Is Melting History Jul. 26, 2023
Summer's scorching heat beats us over the head, taking history's wheel backward. A sad end to a sto... Read More
The Heartland After Heartburn: Wisconsin and Washington Jul. 12, 2023
WISCONSIN — Birdsong on my grandmother's porch in morning sun. Seeing the Village revel in the... Read More
Stay Hydrated, They Say -- Unless You're a Construction Worker Jul. 12, 2023
About 150 years ago, Gen. Philip Sheridan was sweltering in the relentless heat of a Texas summer. H... Read More
The Unreported News About Your 'Newspaper' Jun. 14, 2023
Why would your local newspaper not even mention an important local news story? Perhaps because it's ... Read More
Gathering Storm Shows House Republicans Have No Limits May. 10, 2023
WASHINGTON — Anxiety mounted here as President Joe Biden met with four congressional leaders T... Read More
April Brings a Bit of Everything Under the Sun Apr. 26, 2023
The sun was warm but the wind was chill/You know how it is with an April day. — Robert Frost ... Read More
Big News! Republicans Do Have an Idea: Bring Back Child Labor! Apr. 05, 2023
I have to concede one point: Today's far-right Republican party does not discriminate against women.... Read More
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Through History Apr. 05, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." ... Read More
Take a Whiff of Elon Musk's Ecological Paradise Mar. 22, 2023
Exciting news, people: Utopia is on the rise! Space Commander Elon Musk has announced that His Mag... Read More
Lucky Hank, Lucky Us: An American Hero Leaves Behind a Gift Mar. 07, 2023
In October 1942, 20-year-old Jacob Henry (Hank) Goldman, the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants, ... Read More
Bagging 2 Birds With 1 Stone Mar. 02, 2023
WASHINGTON — I have long held that when the left gains control of an entity — whether it... Read More
