This has been the strangest year that I can remember. We are isolated, discouraged, and exhausted. We are divided and politically polarized. We cannot gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving as usual due to COVID-19. As a nation, we are frustrated,…

Epigraph of the Series “The right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition their Government for redress of grievances.” – U.S. Constitution, First Amendment Taxonomy for the Series “If you … then you are a … ” peaceably assemble/petition…

This is a brutal political season. In fact, it is getting hard to remember one that wasn’t. But what is new is that the brutality has not really seemed to have much of a break — 2016 has just merged…

Someone on Twitter wrote recently, “History is not something to like or dislike. It is something to learn from.” We are living in a time of history rejection. The statue destroyers hate history. Their grievance against Washington, Lincoln, Columbus, and…

When mobs are attacking statues of Ulysses S. Grant, it is difficult to have an intelligent discussion about why some Confederate generals and officials deserve respect. No one today defends the role of slavery. However, if belief in racial equality…

When Ben Shapiro began writing his latest book, How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps, last December, he knew there was danger lurking, but he probably did not realize just how quickly it would emerge. Before the coronavirus came over…

During the first Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in locked-down London on June 6, images of the vandalized statue of Abraham Lincoln shocked many in Britain. How could the president who enabled the abolition of slavery be branded a racist?…

About a dozen Army bases are named for Confederate generals including Robert E. Lee, Braxton Bragg, John Bell Hood, and A. P. Hill. That fact enrages the professionally offended. The “woke” crowd — which ranges from congressional Democrats to the…

Let’s start with a clarification on my sentiments, lest the mob come after me with torches: I’ve long detested the Confederacy for how it ripped apart this nation in the attempted preservation of an evil institution that denied human beings…

Washington Many Americans, after they have been in Washington, D.C., for a few years, become less fervent about their beliefs. Donald Trump has become more fervent about the things he believes. After this past weekend and Donald’s solemnly expressed indignation…