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The Daily Litany Begins The Night Before

The sun rose yesterday in Washington, D.C., at 6:02 a.m. I made my routine morning run in the silence of dawn, passing the Lincoln Memorial and running along the still water of the Reflecting Pool. Like the giant sculpture of President Lincoln, I faced due east and watched as the sun rose over ...

How Long Will Vandals Run Amok?

The left’s war on America’s past crossed several new frontiers last week. Portland’s statue of George Washington, the Father of his Country and the first president of the United States, the greatest man of his age, was toppled and desecrated. While the statue stood, an American flag ...

Trump Threatens Civilization

This election “is no longer about Donald Trump’s tweeting,” conservative historian Victor Davis Hanson told Fox News host Tucker Carlson the other night. Nor is it about “a lockdown, the virus, the economy (or) foreign policy. It’s an existential question ... and I’m going to vote ...

Separation Of Powers Is A Key Principle

Have you noticed that people from many states lately refer to what a governor permits? And have you noticed that many don’t even question the legality of such decrees? Let’s back up. A key principle in American constitutional law is the limited and enumerated powers of government: In ...

Baseball Is As Faded As Roy Rogers

These days, I save a quarter-hour of time by not checking the previous night’s baseball results each morning. That feels odd, vaguely like leaving the house without my car keys. In one sense, I am always troubled when I leave the house without my car keys. But in a closer-to-home ...

Computer Geek Worries About Parents

Arbed and Fred are a retired couple who were both involved in the helping profession for over 40-years. I took a call from one of their children, Jules, a self-described computer geek. He explained that he worried about his parents. They were residing in their family home, which they built 50 ...