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Why Does It Matter Who Shot JFK? Mar. 19, 2025
This week, the Trump administration released tens of thousands of documents regarding the assassinat... Read More
Three Stages of Violence: Hollywood, Washington, Ukraine Mar. 30, 2022
Hollywood. Washington. Ukraine. Violence is breaking out all over, in places we thought we'd never s... Read More
Valentines on Presidents' Day: My Three Heartbeats Feb. 23, 2022
Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day made me feel sugar-sweet and bitter-blue after reviewing my hear... Read More
The 21st Century: A Flop So Far Dec. 29, 2021
A child in the '60s, when the world was turning fast, I loved the upbeat '90s' carbonated peace and ... Read More
Saving Roads and Bridges -- and Democracy Itself Apr. 01, 2021
Talking about the challenges faced by the United States and its allies in a world always ambivalent ... Read More
Reality and Hope Aug. 07, 2020
A reader emailed to ask, "An honest question: how do you balance opinion vs. hope. As a pastor I alw... Read More
Trump Spitfire Burns the Land: Act 2 in American Politics Aug. 28, 2019
"Some say the world will end in fire,/ Some say in ice." Robert Frost, the great American poet, did... Read More
Biden Joining Dems in Left Field Jun. 12, 2019
Nineteen Democrats running for president took the stage in Iowa on Sunday to woo voters. It was a ci... Read More
Losing a Hometown Hero Mar. 12, 2019
PITTSBURGH — Baseball is always held up as a metaphor for life in America. The struggles and d... Read More
Persuasion, Power and Fraud Nov. 15, 2018
In a free democratic republic, public policy should be a matter of persuasion. That is, those runnin... Read More
The Right and Wrong Lessons From 2018 Nov. 13, 2018
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — People always learn the wrong lessons from elections. Most people think the e... Read More
Cleaning Skeletons Out of the Closet Apr. 30, 2014
With Europeans intrigued by America's unexpected success, Alexis de Tocqueville carried out an in-de... Read More
