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When Nature Turns Into NASCAR and Your Windshield Becomes a Drive-Thru Well, Bless Our Feathery Hearts Every once in a while, the universe gifts us a story so wild, so

A Holiday That Still Means Something As Thanksgiving arrives this Thursday, I’ve found myself thinking less about the menu and more about the meaning. The holiday rush has a way

War, Cruelty, and the Human Condition Everyone is mentally ill! Was this some Darwinian evolution phenomenon in the last century, or a cultural head-game? The grotesque cruelty of war, condoned

A 232-Year Era EndsThe curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs

Long Live the King…of the Courtroom? Well bless our headlines and pass the gavel—because only in America can you walk into a courtroom expecting justice and instead find the judge

A Painful Loss and Preventable Factors This OpEd is a follow-up to my last one, The Sound of Taps: A Brother’s Reflection on Sacrifice and Service. The more I think

A Nation That Once Agreed on Problems For most of my life, there was widespread agreement as to what the problems were that we wanted to prioritize and solve. Advocating

When Headlines Go Down Under Listen — I know we normally stay firmly planted on American soil in this column. That’s the whole point: highlighting the wonderfully unhinged, unintentionally comedic,

A Call for Self-Reflection Will someone please buy progressives a mirror in the hopes they might look at themselves and do some self-reflection? For a great many years, progressives have

A Fresh Start… or a Fast Exit? Nothing screams “fresh start” like picking up a guy who was fired just over a month ago. Soon after the announcement came, Franklin