This year, I had no New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been wondering about that. Does it have to do with the peculiar winter we’ve been having? Most of December and early January felt like March, minus the crocuses, and so there was no weather-related catalyst for self-reflection, no seasonal ...
A most American of movies, "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," is a morality tale about what happens when intimidation goes unanswered. The Clanton gang marauds through Tombstone, flashing their guns and humiliating townspeople. Feeding on fear, their bullying escalates as decent people avoid ...
MIKE: I hereby call to order the first annual meeting of the tripartite national commission to discuss with the emperor his recent garment shortage. As you all know, of late, the emperor has been a bit, let's say, confused and has on one or two occasions, only, but still, he's appeared to ...
As the reports have come out about what is going on in Minnesota specifically but also in other places across the country, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the partnership between citizens and law-enforcement agencies that is needed to make society work. Conversations with local ...
The last two weeks have been, like the preceding weeks, nuts. The president insisted the United States must own Greenland and he would not rule out military force, if necessary, to take the island. He imposed tariffs on the NATO allies who oppose his territorial lust. Then he walked it all back ...
For some years now, conservatives who believe in free markets and limited government have been labeled RINOs -- "Republicans in name only" -- as GOP liberals or moderates have historically been known. The MAGA movement flings this term as an insult and a signal that respecting the realities of ...
