by blundun | Jan 5, 2025 | Opinion
On New Year’s Day, two deadly tragedies struck, one in New Orleans and one in Las Vegas, and while the two events are very different, the wake of both displays the deficit in trust that Americans feel in our most important institutions.On Bourbon Street, a...
by blundun | Jan 5, 2025 | Opinion
If President Biden’s goal is to anger as many Americans as possible as he shuffles his way out the door, he’s absolutely exceeding these dubious expectations. Exhibit A is Biden’s (or whoever is running the White House in these waning days) decision to...
by blundun | Jan 5, 2025 | Opinion
In the ancient world, the Pax Romana was a legendary historical period during which the western world, under the influence of the Roman Empire, enjoyed 200 years of relative peace, stability and prosperity. Commencing its founding under Caesar Augustus and ending with...
by blundun | Jan 5, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This essay was first published on the author’s blog: Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks.”This body and this nation has [sic] a territories and a colonies problem.” Those words from Del. Stacey Plaskett echoed in the...
by blundun | Jan 5, 2025 | Opinion
Nearly every tribute to Jimmy Carter is necessarily encumbered with caveats about Carter, the president. While it is true that the “Reagan revolution” provided America with needed jolts of patriotic and economic strength, Carter, our 39th president,...
by blundun | Jan 4, 2025 | Opinion
Something beautiful happened late last year. As 2024 wound down, the world celebrated the rebuilding of glorious Notre Dame de Paris, which a mere five and a half years before was engulfed in horrifying flames. At the reopening ceremony in Paris, her bells rang for...