1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (837+ words) The people who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, could just as easily have been any of us. Virtually everyone in their mid-30s or older remembers where they were when they heard that an airplane struck the World Trade Center in New…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (675+ words) A farmer can’t make his plants grow, but he can create the conditions that lead to their flourishing. A society can’t make its citizens virtuous, but it can nurture the institutions that lead to virtuous citizens. Great thinkers in Western…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (200+ words) In response to your Thursday editorial: Dems unload on moderates, not DSA. The total financial support given to corporations spans direct federal spending, targeted tax code breaks, and localized government packages. Banning data centers would erase the growth of the…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (386+ words) This well-known rhetorical flourish at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence needs closer consideration. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (221+ words) Here we are months into this Iran debacle, and what’s the plan? We are now going to impose life-changing financial sanctions. Wouldn’t this have been appropriate before any military actions? We’ve lost at least 18 service members plus hundreds who were…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (293+ words) Rich Lowry’s column on the gravitation toward communism by members of the Democratic Socialists of America was excellent, but I have to take issue with his closing paragraph, in which he states “the Democratic Party isn’t about to become a…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (331+ words) Germany, Soviet Union are useful examples. In his Aug. 4 letter, Gordon Hearst writes that socialism is fundamentally incompatible with American values. That idea alone, however, will not dissuade many Americans who are looking for change in the status quo. So…...