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Plato had Socrates. Henry VIII had Thomas Cromwell — for a while. Donald Trump, alas, has had no one able keep him on course. As president, Mr. Trump is supremely confident of his ability to manhandle any interlocutor and, apparently, won't harken to wise counsel advising caution. He has now bared his unguarded thoughts to Bob Woodward, the siren of Washington who has spent two generations enticing commanders-in-chief to wreck their fortunes on the sharp edges of his reporting. Someone should hide the president's phone.
Shares Americans who lived through Sept. 11, 2001, can never forget that fateful day. The fear and anguish the Islamist terror attacks triggered, though, does not mean that the United States must remain at war forever.
Shares Tops in the extremist strategy for transforming U.S. culture is the effort to convince the 63% of Americans born with a light complexion that they are guilty of the secular sin of "White privilege." Condemning a whole class of people based on their skin color, rather than their conduct, is the very definition of racism. For that reason, the undertaking is un-American and deserves to be discarded.
Shares As the summer of pandemic fades toward fall, federal and state governments are still groping for the key to beating the killer coronavirus. Social distancing serves as the default recommendation, and a combination of mandatory and voluntary sequesters have forced millions of Americans to stay home.
Shares Earlier this summer, James Bennet, editorial page editor of The New York Times, resigned from his post after internal and public outcry over his decision to allow an op-ed by sitting U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton arguing for military intervention as a response to the recent riots. The paper's publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, noted that a "significant breakdown in our editing process" had occurred, adding that both he and Mr. Bennet "concluded that James would not be able to lead the team through the next leg of change that is required."
Shares During the next two months, Americans face a contest between an incumbent president who campaigns like the underdog he is and a favored challenger who prefers to stump from his basement.
Shares To the men and women of Virginia law enforcement, this week our hearts are with you.
Shares Above the din of protests surging across 2020 America echoes the conviction that systemic racism is everywhere, and peace won't prevail until it is finally expunged. The notion that racism is ingrained in our culture has become the dogma of this era, not only among angry Blacks, but also young Whites attempting to authenticate their "wokeness" by joining them in the streets. It is a myth, though, untethered from fact.
Shares Just last week Virginia state Democrats introduced Senate Bill 5032, which eliminates the mandatory minimum prison sentence (currently six months) for an assault of a police officer.
Shares Last week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson delivered what we thought was a righteous opening monologue to his evening show. His segment went live the night after Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old, was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the third night of rioting was in full, unchecked swing.
Shares As the 2020 presidential campaign between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden gets underway in earnest, Americans have an opportunity to step up and decide for themselves what really matters.
Shares America's hospitals and health systems are facing challenges and threats that are uncommon in the age of modern medicine.
Shares Portland, Oregon, as of this writing, is enjoying it's 90th day of consecutive rioting. This past Tuesday, protesters kept up the tradition of vandalizing and breaking into City Hall, attacking police officers and destroying businesses. The day prior they burned the police union headquarters.
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