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Who and What Is Tearing the US Apart? Sep. 14, 2021
In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, former President George W. Bush's theme was national unit... Read More
20 Years after 9/11 -- Are We Better Off? Sep. 10, 2021
When the hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that first 9... Read More
Unworthy of 9/11 Sep. 10, 2021
Because I was working in a newsroom on the day and because I'm a newspaper columnist, it's expected ... Read More
From 9/11 Unity to Pandemic Division Sep. 08, 2021
The 21st century in America has so far been bracketed by two terrible mass-casualty events. The firs... Read More
US Embraces a Diversity China Fears Aug. 17, 2021
The first returns from the delayed census of 2020 are in, and they have made for celebratory headlin... Read More
The Delta Variant Pushes a Broken Country Closer to the Edge Aug. 13, 2021
How does a once-great country become the complete mess America is today? The honest answer is we are... Read More
A Nation Divided -- But a Common Origin Jul. 06, 2021
On July 4, 1776, 245 years ago today, the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. By do... Read More
The Republican Party Is Splitting Apart, and That's Probably a Good Thing May. 14, 2021
As any objective outside observer can see, the Republican Party has lost its way. Even inside observ... Read More
Biden's America: One Nation or Us Versus Them? Jan. 22, 2021
"We have met the enemy and he is us," said Walt Kelly's cartoon character Pogo, half a century ago, ... Read More
Against 'Unity' Nov. 13, 2020
Political unity is an ugly, authoritarian idea. No free place has domestic political unity, nor shou... Read More
Another Election Shows a Country Deeply Divided Nov. 09, 2020
Our country remained in a lurch as of our press time Tuesday night, not knowing whether President Do... Read More
Blacks of Yesteryear and Today Nov. 04, 2020
I was a teenager, growing up in the Richard Allen housing project of North Philadelphia, when Emmett... Read More
Can a Disintegrating America Come Together? Nov. 03, 2020
On the last days of the 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump was holding four and five rallies a da... Read More
Is Getting Trump Worth It? Oct. 28, 2020
President Donald Trump is not the first president to be hated by a large segment of the American pop... Read More
Goya Boycott Doesn't Bode Well for Civil Society Jul. 19, 2020
WASHINGTON — There must be no real outrages left in America if so-called progressives have not... Read More
Who Can the American People Trust? Jul. 09, 2020
It certainly doesn't seem like we can put faith in the media or political parties, and, unfortunatel... Read More
Liberal Mush from the Mad Dog Jun. 05, 2020
In his statement to The Atlantic magazine, former Defense Secretary General James Mattis says of the... Read More
Will Americans Submit to a Second Lockdown? May. 19, 2020
On March 24, President Donald Trump said he wanted the country and the economy "opened up and just r... Read More
What a State of Our Union Feb. 06, 2020
Well, I've finally attended a Trump rally. I thought I was showing up for Tuesday's State of the Un... Read More
