Last week, my piece noting the May 29th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birthday (“JFK at 108”) drew some attention from my American Spectator colleague Francis Sempa. Make that disapproving attention. All of which is happily received in the…
Claremont Institute Prof. Glenn Ellmers began a talk during a Hillsdale College conference on “Christianity in America” by citing the famous letter President George Washington wrote to the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island. (Ellmers’ talk was adapted and published…
The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come,…
The primary issue that Donald Trump rode to victory on in the 2016 election was immigration. It worked against old-school conservatives of the Bush school in the primaries first, who had quietly embraced large-scale immigration as providing cheap labor necessary…
Mental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided America’s Revolutionary Leaders By Michael Barone (Encounter Books, 234 pages, $22.77) What can geography reveal to us about the lives of America’s Founding Fathers? That would seem an odd question. One…
In his 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, President George Washington reached a stirring conclusion: “May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will…
Politics is tough on principled people, just as it was on former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, who passed away Wednesday at 82 years old. The rough and tumble of Athenian democracy bred the idea that whatever you can persuade people…
The world is starved for virtuous, courageous leaders and problem solvers. For those perplexed by the current state of politics, Groucho Marx had the answer. Groucho said, “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it…
I love Thanksgiving. It’s the best American holiday — besting July 4, if only because the celebrations don’t scare the dog. Usually. Thanksgiving is universal. No matter the religion or creed, all people can express gratitude for their blessings. It…
