Henry Kissinger began contributing to America’s national security during World War II. After fleeing Nazi Germany in August 1938 at the age of 15, attending George Washington High School and City College in New York, Kissinger was drafted into the…
Most of us, in setting out to write a doctoral dissertation, the final great requirement on the path to a Ph.D., perhaps the first real step in a dreamed-of academic career, approach it narrowly. Most doctoral dissertations remain unpublished, except…
The world has rarely seen the kind of turmoil and challenges it faces today. Wars, geopolitical strife, climate change, mass immigration, the culture and politics of “hate,” and so much more shadow our day-to-day lives. It has been a disconcerting,…
Jerome R. Daly, the helicopter pilot who became a Catholic priest, flew 2,000 hours in three tours. He earned 80 (this is not a typo) citations for bravery, including the Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Bronze Stars for…
I’ve never forgotten where I was when Bobby Knight had his chair-throwing moment. I was diagonally on the other side of the court from him, seated in temporary bleachers beneath one of the two walls that separated the main seating…
China’s former premier, Li Keqiang, passed away suddenly last Friday at only 68 years of age — the shortest-lived premier in the history of the People’s Republic of China. According to the CCP official announcement, he died of a heart…
In my recent American Spectator article, I recall learning about heroes throughout childhood, focusing largely on the simple, “everyman” heroism that emerges among comrades amidst the pounding misery of large-scale infantry combat. Since Saturday morning, I’ve found myself reflecting on…
At an event long ago, someone made the mistake of saying to Vince Lombardi, “Football is a contact sport.” The great coach fixed this naïf with a cold stare and said, “No. Dancing is a contact sport. Football is a…
Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson, the best-fielding third baseman in baseball history, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 86. Robinson, whose career stretched from 1955, when he got into six games as an 18-year-old rookie, to 1977, when…
