There are days I wish someone else were president. It is not easy to support the President. Many of my friends detest him. Many of his supporters are more uncivil toward a person like me than his opponents are. I support the President, but I have a hard time cheering. There is much not to like. ...
“Who Lost China?” With the fall of the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, the defeat of his armies and the flight to Formosa, that was the question of the hour in 1949. And no one demanded to know more insistently than the anti-Communist Congressman John F. Kennedy: “Whatever ...
Sipping my morning coffee while watching a news story on the Chicago Zoo, I couldn’t help but think back about the local popular tourist attraction we once had in Hudson. Benson’s Wild Animal Farm, which billed itself as, “The Strangest Farm on Earth,” was once host to some 500,000 ...
Anyone who is serving time in prison is likely struggling to find meaning in life. Although they may absolutely deserve to be there for committing a heinous crime, most of those locked down will eventually return to freedom, rather than live out their days behind bars. Although we certainly ...
Since President Trump’s first day in office, and from my first day as his health secretary, our country’s opioid crisis has been one of our most challenging missions. Today, thanks to President Trump’s leadership and the hard work of so many, there are signs that we are beginning to ...
Celebrating 70 years of Communist Party rule, Chinese leader Xi Jinping stood in the open sunroof of a Red Flag limousine and shouted, “Greetings, comrades,” to the masses below. Xi wore a Mao-style suit to his giant military parade, which featured a missile that could carry 10 nuclear ...