“Liberty’s Last Hope,” editorial cartoon by Patrick Cross for The American Spectator, December 14, 2021.
Over 100,000 died of drug overdoses in the U.S. during this last 12-month period measured by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a 30 percent jump from the year before, and, as the Irish Times (of all papers)…
My southwestern Ohio town has seen a series of attention-grabbing demonstrations by hospital employees. They object to the hospital’s imposition of a vaccine mandate, and they claim they should not be forced into compliance. The hospital continues to maintain that…
While militant ideologies can appear as a source of stark clarity in an often-muddled world, their excesses only serve to erode the tradition of liberty. Amid historical instability, people often sought the simple security of absolutes. Thomas Hobbes insisted that…
“The COVID Hysteria Vacuum,” editorial cartoon by Patrick Cross for The American Spectator, July 26, 2021.
“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Barry Morris Goldwater, may God rest his freedom-loving soul, spoke…
My generation grew up reciting a pledge of allegiance. Each morning we asserted that America is a nation “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” That was Eisenhower’s America. Most of the adults had been partners in the united efforts…
America has a rich, long history of inspiring speeches and eloquently written documents. As I sat here contemplating this history, it became apparent to me that most of those words are out of sync with the values of our country…
My first familiarity with the words of the Book of Exodus, “Let My people go!” came from the African-American spiritual that we sang in the liberal Jewish temple of my childhood. The music was powerful, and the immortal words proved…
