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Are 'Never Trumpers' the Future of the GOP? Dec. 24, 2020
Denouncing the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill as a parsimonious "disgrace" and hinting at an Alam... Read More
Congress May End Long Tradition of Not Convening on Sunday Dec. 23, 2020
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the longest-serving Republi... Read More
Take a Road Trip to Upstate New York Dec. 19, 2020
By Victor Block Anyone who might be thinking of taking what's called the Empire State Road Trip thro... Read More
After Lee, It's Lincoln's Turn Dec. 18, 2020
First, they came for the Confederates. And that purge is far from over. Jefferson Davis Highway in ... Read More
The True Meaning of Hanukkah Dec. 11, 2020
In a recent Parents magazine piece headlined, "How to Explain the Hanukkah Story to Kids," we are in... Read More
Seeing Taiwan Through a Local's Eyes Dec. 06, 2020
By Gay Courter The first time I visited Taiwan at age 6 my mother was looking for my father, who had... Read More
The Gipper's Greatest Comeback Nov. 25, 2020
Some newspapers in the Midwest in 1920 referred to the Notre Dame football team not as the Fighting ... Read More
Trumpism Deflates Into History Nov. 10, 2020
When Pennsylvania was called, the world heard a quick boom, followed by the pffffffffft of a deflati... Read More
Can a Disintegrating America Come Together? Nov. 03, 2020
On the last days of the 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump was holding four and five rallies a da... Read More
Ancient History and Modern Culture Meet in Jordan Oct. 31, 2020
By Glenda Winders With our Middle Eastern holiday nearly over, my husband and I had only four days t... Read More
America: a Land of Ceaseless Conflict Oct. 23, 2020
When Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2017, Sen. Diann... Read More
A New Kind of Catholic Oct. 16, 2020
The choosing of Amy Coney Barrett as Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee is brilliant from the ster... Read More
Busting Ballot Blunders Oct. 10, 2020
Dear Annie: Recently, you published a letter in which someone recommended putting a stamp on an elec... Read More
U.S. Archaeological Sites Tell Stories, Leave Mysteries Oct. 04, 2020
By Victor Block People who ascend a high mountain ridge in Wyoming are greeted by a collection of ro... Read More
1989, History's Stubborn Twists and the Commencement Speaker Who Warned Us to Remain Vigilant Oct. 03, 2020
Thirty-one years ago, 1989, the Soviet Empire — the "Evil Empire," as Ronald Reagan liked to c... Read More
Zooming Through History Sep. 20, 2020
I sat in on the Zoom call because it was my son's birthday. He refused to allow his sister's obligat... Read More
A Request: Keep a Pandemic Diary Sep. 03, 2020
Since April, I've been telling my students that their generation will be the ultimate storytellers o... Read More
From Prison to Purge: The Linguistic Origins of 'Cancel Culture' Sep. 02, 2020
The term "cancel culture" has been batted around like a volleyball during the past few weeks. It ref... Read More
For a Cultural Awakening, Come to Cairo Aug. 22, 2020
By Glenda Winders Cairo takes the "city of contrasts" concept to a whole new level, which my husband... Read More
Wanting Daughter to Leave Abusive Husband Aug. 15, 2020
Dear Annie: You've probably heard this story a hundred times before. One of my daughters is in an ab... Read More
