Sixty years ago today, the president of the United States was murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald. No one experienced the tragedy like John F. Kennedy’s wife. The image of Jackie Kennedy almost instinctively, in a motherly way, scrambling to the … Continue reading
“Confronting a Dangerous World: Lessons from Ronald Reagan’s Foreign Policy” November 2, 2023 Crawford Auditorium, Grove City College
The 15th Annual Ronald Reagan Lecture Join us on November 3, 2022 for the 15th annual Ronald Reagan Lecture, hosted by the Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College. This year’s event is a conversation on Ronald Reagan, conservatism, … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the National Catholic Register. For the last 22 years, Sept. 11 has become a somber day to memorialize the thousands of victims killed that day in 2001 by the homicidal bombers of Osama … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. Much is being said right now about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The reason, of course, is the new film on Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan. The … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. “My great age, and the disease which is fast approaching my vitals, warn me that I shall not be long in this world. I trust in God that I may … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. “I feel only sympathy for the Russians. No people have suffered as much death.” That was the response of a colleague of mine, Jan, a Polish professor … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Crisis Magazine. “This is not communism. It is pure Christianity.” Yes, even Pope Francis, a man often accused of being soft on communism, understands. He offered that succinct assessment in … Continue reading
Today, April 15, is Jackie Robinson Day. This annual commemoration by Major League Baseball of its first black player, the man who broke the “color barrier,” began on April 15, 2004, when MLB officials celebrated Robinson’s April 15, 1947, debut … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. In a column for The American Spectator last week, Mary Grabar asked, “Why does Black History Month ignore the author of ‘the most talked about column in Negro America?’” That label for the late, … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “Why does Black History Month ignore the author of ‘the most talked about column in Negro America?,’” asks a column by Mary Grabar in The American Spectator. Grabar is certainly … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the American Spectator. “Oh my gosh, daddy, they’re killing each other!” So said my son John in a plea of desperation. He was referring not to his siblings, mercifully, but to our turkeys. … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at National Catholic Register. It is ironic and scary that 60 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis that brought the world’s two superpowers to the brink of nuclear Armageddon, President Joe … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at the Acton Institute’s Powerblog. It was 70 years ago, 1952, that Whittaker Chambers published his memoir, Witness. It was a bestseller with a major impact, including on a future president who, more than any … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. When I heard about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, I sighed. He was one of the final remaining pivotal figures in the end of the Cold War: Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. “Two visions of the world remain locked in dispute,” said President Ronald Reagan in July 1983. “The first believes all men are created equal by a loving … Continue reading
Many progressives today are eager to redefine America not as starting in 1776, which is literally when the very title “United States of America” began, but in the year 1619, before Plymouth Rock and before John Winthrop and the Arabella … Continue reading
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at The American Spectator. Throughout the 2015-16 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, I urged conservatives not to nominate Donald Trump. When November 2016 arrived, I did not vote for Donald … Continue reading
Editor’s note: An early version of this article first appeared in Crisis Magazine last October. Roe v. Wade and so-called “abortion rights” are facing challenges unlike any time before. The chances of abortion being sent back to the states are … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. The number of Russian combat deaths in Ukraine is striking, perhaps already exceeding the total dead in 10 years of war in Afghanistan from 1979-89. A NATO official has estimated that 7,000-15,000 … Continue reading
