White Paper: Partisan Pathology in the U.S.
by John F. Gaski, Ph.D. “There’s something happening here, but what it is ain’t exactly clear . . .” — Buffalo Springfield, 1967 Or maybe it is clear. The Buffalo Springfield observation may not be so applicable half a century later. Every major leftist movement the world has ever seen has been brutally totalitarian by Read the full article…
Morris: Media Leaves Us in the Dark
by Leo Morris For a free society to function properly, its citizens must have an ongoing conversation about the important issues of the day. And that conversation must be rational and fact-based if citizens are to continue giving their informed consent to be governed. That is the vital role of the press. Its duty is Read the full article…
Franke: A Conservative Supreme Court?
by Mark Franke Now that we are finally past the hyperbole, embarrassment and downright nastiness of the Kavanaugh confirmation in what used to be the venerable U. S. Senate, perhaps we can step back and take a dispassionate review of why this was so important. First, let’s look at the results of several opinion polls Read the full article…
Op-Ed: The ‘Surreal’ Mr. Brees
IT WAS the briefest of things. The viewer thought about pinching himself to see whether it had been a dream, a particularly sweet one. The referees had stopped play during the Monday Night game, and it wasn’t to penalize one or another of the teams for a violation of an inscrutable pass-interference rule. Nor was it Read the full article…
Morris: A Reunion Filled with Gratitude, Respect
by Leo Morris No matter how old I get, I seem to keep finding opportunities to appreciate all the challenges my parents faced in their lives. A few years ago, for example, I learned from my sister that the family trip to the Fort Wayne airport to put me on the plane to Vietnam was Read the full article…
Franke: County Fairs
by Mark Franke I suffer from nostalgia, a psychosis for which there is no known cure. My specter is the 1950s, the decade of my childhood. Other than my rose-colored memories, growing dimmer by the year, I see today only the remnants of that best of all times. Fairs are one of them. I grew Read the full article…
