The call for Americans to come forward and unselfishly mobilize in the interest of the common good was the hallmark of John F. Kennedy’s new presidency in 1961.“Ask not, what this country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” was a simple request for Americans to look ...
With the exception of Jan. 6, 2021, itself, maybe the most traumatic day of the Trump presidency was June 1, 2020 – the day peaceful American citizens protesting the police murder of George Floyd were forcibly removed from Lafayette Square, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White ...
With each new mass murder, people say the same things: “There’s something different about this one.” That, “Maybe things will change,” because of it.NOTHING EVER CHANGES. Nothing!There will be national and even international media capturing the grief and funerals and thoughts and ...
You might say I’ve been a cockeyed optimist all these years. Or foolish and naive. I’ve never been with the people who proclaim that the country and the world are going to hell, that we’re doomed, that life will be miserable in the year ... well, anytime in the future.“I’m glad I’m ...
Sometimes, when I reflect on my youth, I have some pretty haunting memories of the first (and last) time I gave a live “theatrical performance.”There I was, among my fellow third-graders on stage at Park Elementary School, bouncing rubber balls to the beat of the song “Sentimental ...
Wyoming’s lone member of the House, Republican Liz Cheney, was one of five people honored recently with the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award. Here, in part, is what the arch-conservative and ardent patriot said on Monday night in Boston. Her words are words to remember.“... On ...
