WASHINGTON — “My Mom Voted for Trump. Can We Let It Go?” read the headline for the New York Times’ The Ethicist piece on Friday. The family dynamic no doubt is familiar to New York Times readers — the writer’s wife’s…
In the wake of the 2020 election, my friends who are Trump voters were distraught. These folks range from early Gen X to early-to-mid Boomers. Worried that the world was ending, they decided to ask me, their “professional” political friend,…
My husband and I enjoy watching old films from Hollywood’s Golden Age. The stories are usually well-crafted, the women beautiful, and the men darkly handsome. But the thing that fascinates me most is the crisp tailoring of the clothes, the…
The results of the recent presidential election give a rare opportunity to those who care about the strength of the family, the education of boys, pragmatic liberty, and real friendship across racial divides. It had better be seized. For the…
Though now proud to call America my home, I was born in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, in a rural, semi-nomadic community with no modern amenities whatsoever. I grew up surrounded by people who worked very hard, but they never…
Why do self-described tolerant people hate so much? In the wake of this historic election, a very definite majority of Americans voted for Trump. Even in California, Harris voters are bound to trip over a closeted Trump voter. Why does…
Over the weekend, the internet was ablaze with posts about a squirrel in a cowboy hat. Even big names and political players like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. were posting about “P’nut.” For those unfamiliar with the story, New…
Amazing. Pennsylvania’s Democrat senator — Robert P. Casey Jr. — is in a hot race for reelection with Republican businessman Dave McCormick. Dave is a decidedly impressive candidate with a background in both the military and business. He is a…
“I think I can understand that feeling about a [homemaker’s] work being like that of Sisyphus (who was the stone-rolling gentleman). But it is surely the most important work in the world. What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government, etc….