Melodrama or Reality?
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] In the spring of 1519, the Aztec god-king Montezuma II received word that strange, marvelous creatures had […]
The Battle of the Boyne and the Laboratory of the States
Former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, now governor of California, heard a still, small voice the other night. The voice said, “Gavin, the intentional killing […]
God’s Ways and Our Ways
Did you hear that Phil Robertson has a new book out? Yes, the “Duck Dynasty” patriarch, author of Happy Happy Happy, UnPHILtered, and (in a […]
John Wayne, Frank Capra, and C.S. Lewis—Haters All!
Mean People Suck.” I first saw that bumper-sticker slogan almost 20 years ago, pinned to the office bulletin board at the newspaper where I worked. […]
Stymied for Now, Trump Can Still Outflank the Democrats
President Trump is down but not out,” says the headline in the New York Post. Beneath it, columnist Michael Goodwin writes that Trump is “battered, […]
Breaking the Crime-Race Nexus
Sister Souljah had a point. Younger readers may have some trouble figuring out who Sister Souljah was, or what her point might have been. We’ll […]
Get Angry, Take Action—But Aim Straight
Americans these days are nothing if not angry, but are we angry at the right people? Consider the recent set-to between President Donald Trump and […]
Our Empathetic President
One night in New York City, a young college student named Seth Barkas was accosted by two teenagers pretending to be panhandlers but actually intent […]
What Is Racist?
The English language has its peculiarities. Two English words that appear to be opposites to one another can instead be synonyms. If someone is telling […]
George Steinbrenner, Mike Royko, and the Party of Crime
Before there was Donald Trump, there was George Steinbrenner. In the eyes of his fellow New Yorkers and of many others around the country, no […]
Of Kelo, Originalism, and the 14th Amendment
Among conservatives, just about everyone hopes to see Brett Kavanaugh join Neil Gorsuch on the United States Supreme Court. And we all have our little […]
Our Slave Heritage
Every day of the week, marriage counselors work with unhappy couples whose relationships have been soured by unresolved grievances. In such cases, the counselor’s job […]
Refighting the Indian Wars
Did you hear about how Facebook censored a passage from the Declaration of Independence as “hate speech”? The Vindicator, a small daily newspaper in Liberty, […]
Putting Crime—and the Left—on Ice
A young man is thrown into a jail cell full of haggard prisoners. They are sitting on benches around a central bucket that serves as […]
Of Junkie Justices and Evolving Indecency
Queens, New York, 1964: Barmaid Kitty Genovese was walking home from work on the night shift when Winston Moseley, who had gone prowling for a […]
When Christianity Trumped the Constitution
Guess who spoke these words: I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit […]
Madison v. Marshall
In 1824, a retired James Madison was corresponding with the writer Henry Lee IV, half-brother of Robert E. Lee and son of the Revolutionary War […]
Twin Beds? What Twin Beds?
When choreographer Agnes DeMille was interviewed for a documentary about her famous uncle Cecil B., she had a wonderful story to tell about the “Hays […]
The Times, They Are A-Changing
A young woman buttonholes a musician with whom she’s recently had a one-night stand—“a stupid experiment,” as she later calls it. She has to remind […]
The Music Maids
I know an elderly gentleman in San Antonio who, though he has spent decades working in America as a surveyor and cartographer, has never lost […]