After World War II, most employees in America were covered by pension plans. No longer. Pension plans were “defined benefit” plans, meaning the plan would owe you a monthly pension you could be certain of based upon your years of service to your employer. In 1970, for example, over ...

This past Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C., we commemorated the 20th year of the dedication of the National World War II Memorial. It was a special time. For me, it had all started in 1994, thirty years ago, when I had been first appointed by the President to the commission responsible ...

South Carolina has prevailed in the Equal Protection Clause challenge to the Palmetto State’s congressional-redistricting plan after the 2020 census. There can be no dissecting of the whole U.S. Supreme Court in one column. Yet it’s possible to look at part of it. ı ı ı The ...

This year my two dogwood trees have been particularly beautiful with white blossoms lasting more than two weeks. Last year the flowers were spotty so I thought maybe my tree was dying, but this proved that wrong. Years ago, my husband and I went up on the back forty and found these two ...

I am responding to Rich Lowry’s column in the May 8 P-J entitled, “No, Don’t Rush The Trump J6 Case”. My question is, why not? Lowry suggests that the DOJ “could have appointed Jack Smith much sooner” and “Smith could have indicted Trump much faster” and, therefore, the ...

Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs delivered a graduation speech worthy of remembrance. With a last name similar to a Hall of Fame linebacker named Butkus, who played like his name sounded with a reputation for tenacious tackling on the field, Butker in his speech confidently confronted ...