And now Italy
Europe’s attention may be focused on Brexit, but it’s worth keeping an eye on what may be the next crisis – Italy.Italy has been in a bad way for a long time now. In an article for the Daily Telegraph...
View ArticleQuebec Orders Palliative Care Docs to Kill
Palliative care is about ameliorating suffering and respecting the lives of each patient. It isn’t a synonym for assisted suicide or euthanasia.Or to put it another way, hospice and palliative care are...
View ArticleJuly 4th links
Large set of Independence Day links: the full text of the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s 1858 speech on the meaning of Independence Day (“Let us stick to it then. Let us stand firmly by it...
View ArticlePlaying with History
As America celebrates its Independence Day, a story from the UK, cleverly headlined ‘sculptural revolution’, shows somewhat less appreciation for historical reality:Extremely odd things are happening...
View ArticleHappy July 4th!
I’ve always loved this passage about Independence Day from a letter from John Adams to Abigail: [It] will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be...
View ArticleThe Declaration of Independence: A Demand for Accountability
It is worth a few minutes of your time today to re-read the Declaration of Independence— the whole thing, not just the most famous lines. Of course it may depress us, in the circumstances of 2016, to...
View ArticleNotes from D.C.
1) I’ve been to Union Station a million times — particularly when I was living here. How is it that I never noticed the big honking monument to Christopher Columbus in front? Well, I hadn’t — until...
View ArticleJuly 4, 1976 — in Uganda
When I was writing a book about the sons and daughters of dictators, I had cause to review the Raid on Entebbe. Why’s that? Good question.A son of Idi Amin — he had dozens — grew up in Saudi Arabia,...
View ArticleBig Mac
Everything you wanted to know about General MacArthur in ten minutes, with Arthur Herman, author of Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior. MacArthur
View ArticleWhat Bill Wrought
Loretta Lynch obviously already had a gross conflict before she met with Bill Clinton. She works for a president who desperately wants to elect Hillary. But sometimes it takes something that is easy to...
View ArticleRick Santorum--a Darkhorse Trump VP Possibility?
He is not mentioned as often as others, but Santorum could make for a darkhorse Trump VP pick–Pennsylvania roots when the Keystone State is shaping up to be a must-win for Trump; impeccable...
View ArticleRelax, It’s Just Routine Explosive Material in a Bag Left in Central Park!
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Relax, It’s Just Routine Explosive Material in a Bag!You heard about that young man who had to have his foot amputated after an explosion in Central Park? Relax,...
View ArticleSpeaking of Conflicts
I had missed this item from the New York Times over the weekend. We’re supposed to believe Lynch will be dispassionate and fair about an investigation . . . involving her potential future employer....
View ArticleCatholic Thought and U.S. Culture and Policy
AEI held a fantastic conference two weeks ago on the intersection of Roman Catholic thought and U.S. public policy and culture. (I wanted to blog this earlier, but deadlines got in the way.) The...
View ArticleFor Want of a Nail . . .
Per Reuters, this little drama played itself out over the weekend:Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday defended a social media post he made two days earlier that included an image...
View Article‘A West Pointer Comes Home’
A moving Bill McGurn column on the heart-breaking loss of West Point cadet Tom Surdyke. Tom Surdyke -- West Point Cadet Died Saving Drowning Man
View ArticleNo VP Pick Can Move Me from the #NeverTrump Camp
It is well known among the punditocracy that for more than six years I have been a, indeed perhaps the, foremost advocate of former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum’s fitness for the presidency. I...
View ArticleFBI Ends Hillary Email Investigation, Recommends No Charges
FBI director James Comey says that Hillary Clinton and her staff were “extremely careless” in handling sensitive information — including several emails that contained ”top secret” information — but...
View ArticleAlthough It Was a Bad 10 Minutes...
…for Hillary as Comey related the facts of the case. Lachlan Markey tweeted good run-down of the state of Hillary’s email defenses at the moment:No classified info: lie Allowed by State: lie Turned...
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