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Independence Day 2025 Jul. 03, 2025
We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when gover... Read More
Will the Secessionist Epidemic Ever End? Dec. 17, 2019
Fresh from his triumphal "Get Brexit Done!" campaign, Prime Minister Boris Johnson anticipates a swi... Read More
Big Trouble for Virginia's Big Birthday Party Feb. 13, 2019
O Virginia, named for the virgin queen, Elizabeth. Some of my best friends are Virginians. Across t... Read More
Justice Kennedy v. Cicero, Jefferson, Hamilton and MLK Jul. 04, 2018
History will remember Justice Anthony Kennedy for advancing an illogical argument to deny a God-give... Read More
Where Does It End? Aug. 22, 2017
When I was in high school, in the early 1960s, my family embarked on a car ride south — from N... Read More
Obama Now a New Character Post-Presidency Apr. 28, 2017
He left us in the lurch. Now he's living large. Maybe he'll send a postcard from French Polynesia or... Read More
What Trump's Wall Says to the World Jan. 27, 2017
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall," wrote poet Robert Frost in the opening line of "Mendi... Read More
Dems Need History Lesson on U.S. Elections Jan. 18, 2017
Rep. John Lewis' claim that President-elect Donald Trump isn't a legitimate president wouldn't matte... Read More
The Lasting Relevance of the Declaration Jul. 04, 2014
Happy Fourth of July! America's 238th birthday party is being celebrated in the usual way with firew... Read More
This Week the Answer Man Asks, "Who said it?" Feb. 08, 2014
1. This Founding Father's last words were thought to be: "Is it the Fourth?" Name him. 2. This Found... Read More
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