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A friend of mine recently told me that her family was having a discussion when a particular word was used. Her two teenage daughters looked confused and asked, “What does that mean?” Without missing a beat, her younger son, still in middle school, looked up from where he was reading on the sofa and calmly
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On September 19, 1796, our first president said goodbye to his country and offered his advice to any who would listen in a document known as “Washington’s Farewell Address.” In it, President Washington covered a wide variety of topics, including political parties, the importance of national unity, the need to uphold the Constitution and preserve
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I was a bit of a workaholic in college. I studied hard, got my assignments in on time, and did my best to get the highest grades possible. But at the beginning of college, I instituted a practice which seemingly went against my hyper-intensive approach to school: I took a weekly day of rest. No
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Anti-religious fervor is rising in the United States. In January, the FBI circulated an internal document that targets traditional Catholics for investigation because of their views on such topics as open borders or LGBT issues, and other examples of anti-religious sentiment abound. Many today suggest that religion should not affect politics in the United States.
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Kim Jong-un, angered by new American sanctions, is warning that North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization could be imperiled and we could be headed for “exchanges of fire.” Iran, warns Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is testing ballistic missiles that are forbidden to them by the U.N. Security Council. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned
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There’s a common assumption among the older generations that today’s college students are more swayed by socialism than ever before. There’s fear that this generation may be lost to the alluring temptations of “free” government programs and centrally planned economies. As a college professor over the past seven years, I have not found this to be the case. Make no mistake, the heralds of
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