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History Will Record
Among the books in my library is a series from TIME/LIFE entitled, The Decades. In words and images from 1910 to the 1990s, editors have distilled each decade’s most notable events. For example, the ’60s: Vietnam, racism, assassinations, Woodstock, the space program – each volume memorializes the triumphs and tragedies of the American landscape. If the series continues, editors are...
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January 29, 2021
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The Second Most Dangerous Man in the Country
I always believed that Attorney General William Barr’s decision-making was biased toward Trump, but until Wednesday I never understood the utter contempt and lethality he has for the rule of law. Barr has decidedly moved from serving “at the pleasure of the president” to serving the President’s pleasures. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Justice Department Oversight, Aaron Zelensky...
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June 26, 2020
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Integrity and George Washington
How do we reconcile the integrity of a leader to whom service to the country was exemplary, but held slaves in service to him? Washington...
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Rules of The Game
Well, boys and girls, it’s my favorite time of year: Baseball Postseason. It’s that magical time of year when my heart follows the teams and...
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What Thoreau Still Asks of Us
“The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.” – Henry David Thoreau I...
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The Cross and the Constitution
In a letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man...
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The Profound Message of Erika Kirk
“The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love. Love for our enemies and love...
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The Road We Choose
In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” a traveler stands at a fork in the woods. The traveler chooses the path “less traveled by” and...
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