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A salute to our veterans

On Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who have served in the armed forces, protecting this country and its ideals of freedom and democracy.I am particularly intrigued by the veterans who answered their country’s call in World War II. They are pictured on small banners displayed on ...

Freedom to boycott is free speech, too

It takes a certain inconsistency to argue, as Elon Musk has, that activists are “trying to destroy free speech in America” by pressuring companies to pause advertising on Twitter, the social media platform he just overpaid for. A “free speech absolutist,” as Musk describes himself, ...

Goodbye affirmative action, hello individual freedom, dignity

The Supreme Court just heard arguments in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.It’s about affirmative action – universities using race and ethnicity in their admissions policies.Students for Fair Admissions argues ...

Everyone deserves patient-centered care

It was September of 1974 when my 57-year-old father’s cough was diagnosed as lung cancer. He had stopped smoking 14 years earlier, and none of us were totally cognizant of the ramifications of his previous environmental exposures. All we knew was that a great person and father had been given ...

Police can legally lie to you – in most states

<em>Syndicated columnist Diane Dimond</em> <em>is on sabbatical. The following was published in 2021.</em>How many times have you seen these scenarios play out on TV crime dramas? The savvy detective tells a scared kid in the interrogation ...

Until we meet again

I read recently in an article in Gentleman’s Journal that “the greatest occupational hazard of politics is vanity,” Edwina Currie explains. “It makes you forget what life was like before, and leaves you bereft when things suddenly disappear. What gets people into politics is a desire to ...