Tariffs have a long and storied history in the U.S. Tariff proponents today are correct to point out that they were the primary source of revenue for the federal government in the pre-income-tax era. However, these same people conveniently neglect…
Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he escaped from slavery in Talbot County, Md., Douglass eventually settled in New Bedford, Mass., an anti-slavery stronghold, and got…
Our intrepid progressives have tossed Christopher Columbus and his special day of remembrance to their ash heap of history. They have instead created something they find much more noble. They call it Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This day, they assure us,…
Curious. Curious indeed. The headline in the Washington Times was this: Reparations advocates find hope in Harris despite silence ahead of election The story reports: Vice President Harris, who is open to convening a federal commission to examine reparations for…
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War By Erik Larson (Crown, 592 pages, $35) The saga of Fort Sumter in the lead-up to the American Civil War is familiar…
(NOTE: As my readers well know, it is customary among many Orthodox Jews to hyphenate nouns referring to the Creator of Heaven and Earth in awe of His holiness and the holiness of His name, which may not be taken…
Ten million people and counting have been displaced by the civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023. Sudan has been largely ignored, “drowned out by other wars — in Ukraine and Gaza,” as Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the U.N….
One hundred sixty years ago, a series of battles and engagements in Virginia between the Rapidan and James Rivers determined the outcome of America’s Civil War. It is known as the Overland Campaign, and it was fought between the Union…
Anglo-American tradition long ago set the principle that law should be enforced locally — the idea that the county sheriff and able-bodied local private citizens were the prime institutions for maintaining public order. In England, service on what was called…
