Back in the 3rd week of 1993, the same week as Bill Clinton’s first inagural, National Review sponsored a Conservative Summit in D.C.  I attended was quite invigorated by the gig which featured a wide selection of the leading conservative…

This is my half-time speech with 24 hours to go:  It was 41 years ago this past Sunday (October 26, 1967), that John McCain took one for the team – the American Team that is.  It was that day McCain’s…

What a week for Toledo, Ohio.  On Saturday the University football team travels to the Big House in Ann Arbor and knocks off the Michigan Wolverines 13-10.  But amaizing as that seemed the triumphs of the Rockets would soon be…

Stocks are on a tear, with the Dow Jones up a thousand points in two months and advancing in 24 out of 27 sessions during one stretch, tying an 80-year-old record. This despite the concerns and anxiety of some of…

JACKSON, Miss. — “Scattered, Smothered, Covered, Chunked, Capped and Topped” — no, not an order at Waffle House for hash browns almost all the way, but rather a sober description of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, post-Katrina. Waffle House, by the…

It is September and that means time for sports fans to talk college football, new coaches, returning starters, injury reports, defensive schemes and the chances of making a bowl game. Not so fast, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the…