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National Columnists

Elon Musk’s America Party is long shot

“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” Elon Musk declared on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter). Another billionaire quickly replied on his social media platform, “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially ...

Our nation is approaching 250th birthday

In April 1775, William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the Continental Army of a rifle battalion in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment. The men who served with him were German, Irish and Scottish settlers. They were ...

Documentary takes look at feminist movement

Buried inside a new documentary about the women’s liberation movement is a gem that lands like a ton of bricks. “Dear Ms.: A revolution in print” blends archival footage with recent interviews of the founders behind the feminist movement’s flagship magazine, tracing back to 1972. At ...

What 12-day war of June 2025 hath wrought

Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967. You will not encounter much in the way of exhilaration in similar milieus today at Israel’s multifront and even more astonishing victory, capped off by the U.S. ...

Let’s pray for great national reawakening

Getting ready for the great celebration next year of America’s 250th anniversary, Gallup serves up sobering data. Per polling just released by Gallup, only 58% of Americans now say they are “extremely proud” or “very proud” to be an American. When Gallup first asked this question ...

We were trying to build childhood memories

I refuse to try to build any more precious childhood memories for my kids. I’m just giving them fuel for the therapist’s office (and I’m sure they already have enough of that). The camel’s back-breaking straw came the other day, when my husband and I took our kids to an open-air ...