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Our Ex-Presidents' Insincere Praise of 'American Generosity' Nov. 02, 2017
All five living former Presidents recently came together at a benefit concert for victims of this ye... Read More
Authentic Republican Wisdom Aug. 05, 2017
American campaigns were not always, I can testify from personal witness, about the politics of perso... Read More
The Serious Matter of Political Humor Mar. 18, 2017
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only American elected president four times, had an often overlooked s... Read More
Trump and That Phone Call Dec. 06, 2016
When President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, said he was ending diplomatic relations with the Nationalist C... Read More
Memo to GOP 'Never Trumpers': Reagan Isn't Rising From the Dead Sep. 22, 2016
A "never Trump" friend I've known since law school writes: "My former partner is old enough to have ... Read More
About That Election Sep. 07, 2016
There is an election tape playing somewhere in the background. I hear it in snippets on the radio or... Read More
American Elections and the 'Biblical Imperative' Jun. 18, 2016
History offers little encouragement to either major American party this election year. Sobering for ... Read More
Last Chance for America? Part II Mar. 02, 2016
The worst political blunder of all time, according to scientist Freeman Dyson, was the decision of t... Read More
Carter Continues to Inspire Aug. 28, 2015
Jimmy Carter's presidency intersected with Northwest Florida's history when, in April 1980, he sent ... Read More
The Startling Incoherence of Jimmy Carter Jul. 29, 2015
The election cycle of 2016 will mark 40 years since Americans, including me, elected one of the most... Read More
America at the Tipping Point (Part 1) Sep. 02, 2014
Is history going to repeat itself? I recently read the book "The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Point... Read More
It's No Fun Being Goliath Jun. 21, 2014
Barely 18 months before Iowa's influential first-in-the-nation 2016 presidential contest, potential ... Read More
Happy Birthday, Gloria Mar. 28, 2014
Gloria Steinem turned 80 this week — still strong and smart and beautiful and changing the wor... Read More
Ukraine and the Return of the KGB Mar. 06, 2014
WASHINGTON — Regarding our community activist's present imbroglio with President Vladimir Puti... Read More
Obama Flops on Russia Mar. 05, 2014
After Russia invaded Ukraine, demonstrating how Vladimir Putin has zero fear of President Barack Oba... Read More
Proposed Military Cuts Examined in Light of New Poll of Nation's Disappointment in President Feb. 27, 2014
If anyone believes that this nation is truly left of center, they should consider a new poll coming ... Read More
We Must Reject Liberalism's Economic Death Sentence on America Feb. 21, 2014
There seems to be a common characteristic among those who follow the liberal orthodoxy, especially t... Read More
Last Recourse of Failed Presidents Sep. 02, 2012
Both the 20th and 21st centuries have seen failed presidencies. William Howard Taft lost in 1912, t... Read More
In Obama Campaign Video, It's Not Morning in America Mar. 25, 2012
President Barack Obama's 17-minute video, "The Road We've Traveled," gives us an idea of h... Read More
Bin Laden's Last Daze May. 11, 2011
WASHINGTON — It seems to me that our government had vastly more intelligence on what was going... Read More
