Nobody, to my knowledge, has ever accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of being a nationalist. But if her recently surfaced comments about Somalia are any indication, she is, in fact, an ardent one — just not for the nation of America….
Fear. Merriam-Webster defines it as “an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.” That’s a decent definition — and it is reasonably useful when looking at historical events where fear is a motivator. What Merriam-Webster’s definition…
Corregidor is a small island. At just over two square miles, it’s shaped like a thought bubble in the mouth of Manila Bay. It may be a tiny dot in the ocean, but it’s also a well-positioned dot. Nothing gets…
“America is in peril,” Drew Thomas Allen writes in his latest book, America’s Last Stand: Will You Vote to Save or Destroy America in 2024?. “The only debate is over why, who is responsible, and what must be done. Ignorance…
The old Sam Cooke R&B hit from 1960, Wonderful World, opens with the memorable lyric, “Don’t know much about history/Don’t know much biology.” Then it goes on to reassure listeners in the chorus that, despite such ignorance, the simple embrace…
Each culture begets its own storybook tropes. They’re rough outlines of plots that dictate the development of fables and stories. During much of the Middle Ages, princes had to undergo tests of courage and strength to win the hand of…
Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill By John A. Burtka IV (Gateway Editions, 344 pages, $20) The publication of Johnny Burtka’s Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill strikes as a most peculiar election-year book. The genre,…
Former President Donald Trump has made news by criticizing NATO members for not paying their NATO dues. Newsweek reported Trump’s latest remarks to an anonymous leader of a presumably NATO country this way: The Republican presidential nominee frontrunner said the anonymous…
President Donald Trump, you can take it from me — Thurlow Weed, a gentleman sometimes called the “Wizard of the Lobby” of Republican party politics: The 2024 Republican primary is over and done. Now is the time for you to…
