The basics have not changed
Current
Pete Rose’s Search for Salvation
When hatred turns to pity
J. D. Vance Is My Guilty Pleasure
He is not a compassionate conservative, but I have compassion for him
We Are Insufficiently Immunized Against Nazis
The Third Reich’s script would please far too many today
The January 6 that Never EndedÂ
The leader is not the nation—at least in this nation
J. D. Vance and Legal Parentage
Is genetics-above-all the best guideline for answering the question ‘Who is the parent?’
Receding Waves
The demise of radio broadcasting reveals big and unpredictable shiftsÂ
Words for Conviviality
Verbal arts for the common good
Roads, Dead Ends, and Endings
Canaan Road dead-ends at a cemetery
The Sin of Sycophancy
Billy Graham was willing to damage his ministry to get Nixon elected in 1972
The Little Art Gallery
How far will you let comfort take you?
Ending Religious Persecution
A twenty-first century challenge
Public Schools Really Can Save America
If only we give them a try
Simply Irreducible
The complexities of any life defy our penchant for abstraction
Voices from Home
A cardboard box of cassettes carries a whole lot more
Jew or Not Jew?
Who gets to decide if Jews—or Christians—are ‘real’?
An Unholy Traffic
The Confederacy’s slave markets help us grasp the cost of freedom
The True Value of the Youth Vote
We need their hopefulnessÂ
Victor Davis Hanson: On Trump and Tragedy
Hanson’s defense of Trump doesn’t do justice to the classics he touts
Flunking the French Exam
David French’s support of Harris raises questions he’s never really answered