CHARLESTON, S.C. On an artificial island 4 miles from downtown stands an unlikely reminder of the cost of national disunion, a granite monument to discord, both a reminder of the
Last week I, along with millions of other Californians, received a one-page ballot for the Nov. 4 special election. My initial reaction as I opened the envelope was anger, perhaps
It was fun watching Kaitlin Collins of CNN the other day as she marveled at Donald Trump’s boundless energy and accessibility. Collins recently said Trump – unlike his sleepy and
One of the main themes of the second Trump administration has been the explosive collision between the president’s determination to enforce federal immigration law and many Democratic leaders’ determination not
Thankfully, last week’s explosion and fire at California’s second largest refinery, Chevron’s El Segundo plant, was not an environmental catastrophe. But it could have serious economic and political impact. It
I grew up calling myself “Italian.” I never used “Italian-American,” partly because it’s fairly obvious I am American and also because I didn’t want any grief from the tedious people
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It’s almost like the news media is trying to get us to hide under our beds in fear. From CNN to USA Today to Fox and beyond, all we hear
On May 16, 2023, the Des Moines, Iowa, school board hired Ian Roberts to be its new superintendent. Roberts, the first African American ever chosen to run the city’s schools,
The other night on CNN, there was a discussion about the troubling commonality between the people who are committing so many of the tragic shooting incidents over the last months.
After watching the spiritually uplifting and politically momentous memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sept. 21 in Phoenix, I suddenly realized something. I now know three great people who actually
Three decades ago, thanks to the patronage of legendary San Francisco politician Willie Brown, two young, ambitious politicians launched careers that have taken them into the upper strata of American
There’s no law that says a politician has to write a book after a big election. Kamala Harris, the former vice president, was not required to write a book about
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Jimmy Kimmel is not a very funny man. He reminds me of the prep school boys I used to teach in the 1990s. They had a snotty kind of humor,
Sunday was Charlie Kirk’s memorial. Attended in person by 200,000 people and watched on television and livestreamed by an estimated 25-30 million more on YouTube, X, Twitch, and Facebook, the
Last year’s presidential election underscored, particularly to Democrats, that the costs of living were a major factor in the outcome. Inflation had increased sharply during Joe Biden’s presidency, and voters’
When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home was firebombed this summer, at no point did I say or write, “I hate Josh Shapiro’s politics, but … .” And I certainly didn’t
Next year will bring the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and with it an irresistible angle for journalists and commentators: New York’s first Muslim mayor marks anniversary of devastating radical Islamic
I was obviously a fan of the 31-year-old conservative political activist who captured the hearts and minds of millions of college kids and built Turning Point USA into a potent