Columnist George Will believes that restoration of the Senate’s dignity rests on the reelection of Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, who Will views as “second only to Henry Clay as the state’s most consequential public servant.” Only through McConnell’s leadership, Will tells us, will the Senate “be restored as the creator of consensus.” If McConnell’s opponent, Alison […]
Mitch McConnell took the easy way out Read Post »
A letter to the editor in The Dispatch last Saturday from a retired Army major general caught my eye. He proposes that before sending troops into combat we should bring back the draft and enact a special war tax. The general wants to make “limited liability patriots and chicken hawks think twice before committing American
War no longer involves the nation as a whole Read Post »
I generally focus on issues and talk about people only to the extent they have some impact on those issues. I’m making an exception today for an exceptional person. She’s only 17 years old, and already she’s done more for the world than most adults. This rather petite and unassuming girl hasn’t created a cure
A world leader, and she’s just 17 Read Post »
A week or so ago, I read an op-ed piece about voting by columnist David Harsanyi. He was writing in response to the current dispute about whether states should make it easier for people to vote. Harsanyi believes that voting should be a difficult task. His point of view is based, at least in part,
They may not know who Joe Biden is, but they can vote for judges Read Post »
Ohio has found it harder and harder to execute its death row inmates, and so the answer has been to make the process secretive. The problem began when the pharmaceutical companies, whose drugs were being used for executions, decided they didn’t like their drugs being administered on death row, so they stopped the supply line.
Wasting more effort killing killers Read Post »
The news about a man jumping the fence and gaining access to the White House was alarming. How can this sort of thing happen? He had a knife. He could have had a bomb. That was scary, but it’s not what grabbed my attention. What followed is what bothers me. One would think the incident