In ancient Israel, King Saul and King David began their reigns only after the people had gathered and acclaimed them…
Most citizens are pained by the ugliness of today’s politics. So many wonder where the America they love has gone….
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Washington — Take a break from the news. From the stories of war in Ukraine, the slaughter of schoolchildren in…
For the second weekend in a row, I observed a phenomenon that signaled a major rightward shift in the political-cultural…
Who’d have thought a 95-year-old woman, who’s just lost her husband of seven decades, could be so utterly ruthless? Who…
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Why do people work all the hours God sends, then, when they finally get to take a vacation, insist on…
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire Laurence Bergreen (HarperCollins, 440 pages, $30) Francis Drake, son of an English clergyman of modest means, was a…
