Donald Trump’s Problem, And Ours
Donald Trump's problem and the problem of many American voters, though separate, are very much intertwined. Trump's problem is his [...]
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09, 2024
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04, 2024
Revisiting “Death by a Thousand Slurs”
I published "Death by a Thousand Slurs" on January 10th, 2018. It focused on Trump's performance during his first year [...]
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05, 2023
Is Donald Trump the Best Republican Candidate for 2024?
This question is both important and difficult. Important because the answer could affect the fate of the country. Difficult because [...]
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01, 2021
Understanding the Division Over Trump
Why does one half the country deplore Donald Trump while the other half esteems him? As one who began on [...]
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04, 2020
A Glaring Occasion of Sin
A good friend sent me a statement charging Fox News with “inexcusably” violating “elementary canons of journalism” in its handling [...]
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07, 2017
The Continuing Decline of Journalism
A number of authors have written probing criticisms of modern journalism, notably Bernard Goldberg, James Fallows, and Bob Kohn. Now [...]
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02, 2017
Missing the Point Has Gone Epidemic
G. K. Chesterton once remarked that many commentators in his day suffered from “the art of missing the point.” That [...]
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01, 2017
The Liberals’ Struggle with Logic
Almost three months after the 2016 election, many liberals still cannot acknowledge Donald Trump’s victory. The most recent example of [...]
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12, 2016
American Leaders “Still Don’t Get It”
The person closest to a task is in the best position to identify its imperfections. This idea, one of the [...]
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10, 2016
Thinking Catholic with Mike Pence
The Vice-Presidential debate provided a perfectly articulated argument for the traditional Catholic view of a politician’s obligation regarding abortion. Ironically, [...]