ATHENS – In the evening, from the rooftops, the Acropolis shimmers in the failing light. It was, to be sure, once a place of worship. But it…
Author: David Shribman, Pittsburgh PG
What New WSJ Poll Says About Character of Nation
Welcome to another country. This is not the one you grew up in. This is an entirely different nation, with completely different values and vastly different…
No Compromise in Sight for Modern Election Reforms
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The Country My Father Knew and Loved Is Gone
Dear Dad,I’ve been thinking about you more than usual these days, this time of year being the 18th anniversary of your death, for I am constantly…
Looking for Conservatism’s Future on NH Byways
WARREN, N.H. – Come along for a leisurely drive on the winding backwoods byways of American conservatism.Let’s start in Lebanon, N.H., where…
Lincoln Memorial’s 100th & Our Unmet Aspirations
If April is the cruelest month – as T.S. Eliot and thousands of amateur dinner-table philosophers have attested – then May may be the most…
Nation’s Political Future Could Be Determined in AZ
SAGUARO LAKE, ARIZ. – This is the country of the far horizon. Even with all the growth Arizona has experienced – this was the fastest growing…
Starting Wars Is Easy, the Challenge Is in Ending Them
If Winston Churchill were here – and some of us saw him, or his latest incarnation, this month, addressing the U.S. Congress on the plight of his…
There’s Little Clarity in Today’s Political Environment
For a long while – remember that in politics, two days comprise an eternity – it seemed as if the leaders of the two major parties were girding…