It’s vacation season. And like many of you, Shelley and I are off to enjoy a week with kids and grandkids at the beach. We would be just as happy to have that rendezvous on the Potomac River, where we spend many days in the summer with family. Yet, we’ve Read more
Political parties are sometimes not parties at all. They may have a “party” when they are triumphant in an election, but frequently their “parties ” are not celebrations, particularly when they are at each other’s throats. In such cases, they are at best more like a messy family reunion and Read more
Recently, I watched a very interesting documentary on American horses. I am not a horseman by any means. What I know about horses is how they were generally used in warfare. I like military history, as I am sure many of you do. And horses, until the era of motorization, Read more
Compared to Mother’s Day, Father’s Day plays a second fiddle in the orchestra of special days. Some years ago, I read that Hallmark Cards—founded in 1910—offered free Mother’s Day cards to prisoners. It was a raging success, with many inmates sending cards to their mothers. Assuming the offer for Father’s Read more
This week, Shelley and I drove to Chicago, where I’m delivering a lecture on the First Gulf War. Over 35 years have passed since we fought that war, so I was invited to make a presentation at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Illinois. Here are some Read more
Sometimes I forget important things, like neglecting the maintenance of my automobile or assuming that engines replenish their oil all by themselves. In fact, that takes me raising the hood, removing the dipstick, wiping it clean, reinserting it, and then withdrawing it to check the level of the oil. If Read more
In recent years, people who identify as Republicans and those who fancy themselves Libertarians have had an uneasy alliance in electing candidates to public office. It was not always so. Before the political détente whereby Republicans and Libertarians could rally around a candidate nominated by the Republican party, it suited Read more
We’re blessed in Virginia to reside in the larger context of a Constitutional Republic. Our rights are protected by a representative system whereby the people elect legislators who govern us within the metes and bounds of our constitution. We’re also fortunate for the courts that guard against encroachments on those Read more
Not long ago, a very bright political commentator, Ben Domenech, made a frank statement. “Consider the possibility we are led by idiots.” He has a point. You can listen to his thoughts here, where he lays out in 2023 the idiocy of the Biden era. Sadly, in recent years, America has produced Read more
