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The outgoing Trump Administration returned Cuba to the State Department list of state sponsors of terrorism.
“For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’” — John Greenleaf Whittier
When Donald Trump became the only president in our tangled history to be impeached twice, Americans found themselves asking, “What now?”
There seems to be only one area of common ground in our country today: agreement that something is wrong.
Everyone should be outraged at Democrats and Republicans for the damage they’ve done to the country during the last year.
After three years and 50 weeks of meekly deferring to Donald Trump, Mike Pence finally ran out of patience Tuesday. Trump demanded that the vi…
It is amazing how many people seem to have discovered (on Jan. 6) that riots are wrong — when many of those same people apparently had not not…
The shocking mob violence in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 directly challenges the fundamental nature of our governmental institutions, political …
The old saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold” is understood to mean it is better to deliver retribution for a perceived or actual injust…
Without grace, our public discourse will continue to suffer.
Twitter and Facebook have permanently banned President Trump from their social platforms. Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and a…
House Democrats keep coming up with ideas that are bound to sink their already low approval ratings to new depths, possibly giving Republicans…
While sitting in the Delta lounge in the Atlanta airport waiting for my flight back to Washington, a white gentleman approached me and struck …
My new puppy entered the world on Christmas and he’s already bringing incredible joy into my family — just as many dogs, cats and other bundle…
While much of the world experienced 2020 as the Year of the Pandemic, Europe has faced a second challenge: agreeing on United Kingdom withdraw…
One of many things that will distinguish a President Joe Biden from his predecessor is that the incoming president is likely to speak less in …
What a difference a terrible year makes.
My father had terminal lung cancer. He fought like a Spartan at Thermopylae, his body riddled with chemo and radiation, his stomach filled wit…
One of the many beauties of freedom is there is always surprise.
I spent Monday nights in the fall of 1975 breathlessly watching my favorite TV show. And I do mean breathlessly.
In 2001, two U.S. senators introduced the DREAM Act, to let immigrants brought here without authorization as children remain in the country. D…
I don’t like making predictions for a new year because they are just guesses and like palm readers, fortune-tellers and “experts,” guesses are…
The older I get, the more I am turning into my father.
Over the past century, there have been times when Americans showed they can unite to overcome formidable challenges: winning World II, sending…
From the looks of President-elect Joe Biden’s selections for cabinet positions and other high offices it seems belief in “climate change” has …
Civil rights legislation always has its genesis in humanitarian principles: Protecting the weak, advocating for the voiceless, providing oppor…
In 1980, a presidential candidate pledged to appoint the first woman to the Supreme Court. “It is time for a woman to sit among our highest ju…
What would our nation look like if every day, every American — of every background and ethnicity — were to wake up with the conviction that th…