“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” For those over…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become quite the conversation piece of late. Some embrace it and use it regularly. Others distrust it and want nothing to do with it. None of that should surprise…

For most of the twentieth century, Americans fought wars, endured decades of Cold War tension, and stood as a bulwark against socialism and communism. Millions served and sacrificed in defense of a system built…

My wife and I didn’t spend any time celebrating our 47th anniversary in June due to the declining health of my mother. So we decided to spend a couple of days in Chicago this…

Touching the third rail again… One-hundred-eleven (111). That’s the number of times former Director of NIAID Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment during a recent congressional hearing. Pleading the Fifth is a constitutional…

If you were to ask Americans to name the greatest speech in our nation’s history, many would probably choose Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. As a devoted admirer of Lincoln, I would be hard pressed…

TWO VIRGINIANS. TWO ARMIES. TWO DIFFERENT LEGACIES History remembers Robert E. Lee as the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia. Over the past twenty-five years, several Lee statues have been removed…

250 Years. It’s been one hell of a run, hasn’t it? A quarter century ago, fifty-six men signed what was, in effect, their own death warrant. Had the Revolution failed, many would have…

At this early stage, it appears the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 is California Governor Gavin Newsom. Kamala Harris remains a possibility, but after her decisive defeat in 2024, I…

Congratulations to Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire. Born in South Africa before immigrating to Canada and eventually the United States, Musk crossed a financial threshold that would have seemed unimaginable just a…