In early 1861, folks gathered in Brownsville hoping to do their part to stop the slide toward Civil War. They elected a remarkable number of organizational vice presidents 鈥� 28 鈥� and proclaimed their hope to 鈥渄rop partisan feelings and prejudices.鈥滻t didn鈥檛 work.The dispute over ...
It鈥檚 time to exhale.The keys to the republic have been returned to adults.That other guy (whose name escapes me at the moment) is now in Florida, planning to defend himself in his upcoming impeachment trial.Given the developments of recent days, I decided to take a long look back at some of ...
The Biden years are underway. Change is the order of the day. It comes in the nick of time.We are badly off track. For what ails us, let me put forward two modest proposals: modesty itself and a dollop of humor.As for humor, what was good enough for Abraham Lincoln (and John Kennedy and Calvin ...
It鈥檚 time for Donald Trump to get on with the rest of his life.He鈥檚 got options.Like every ex-president, he can pretty much do what he鈥檇 like to do without any fear of repercussions.George W. Bush paints. Bill Clinton has his foundation. Jimmy Carter has been building houses with his ...
Wednesday鈥檚 inauguration comes at a time of national peril, prompting unparalleled precautions. The capital city will bristle with arms 鈥� troops at street corners and on the National Mall while Capitol Hill, the site of the inaugural, promises to be an armed fortress.The marauding nihilists ...
America has lost its mind.It鈥檚 still my favorite place on earth.But I lament the fact that there are people who still can鈥檛 see our outgoing president as he is.That he鈥檚 not as insightful as he is "inciteful."That鈥檚 IRONIC.History books will define this nation鈥檚 45th president as ...
