America’s 249th birthday Friday will be no party. Call it bittersweet at best. The guns of Gettysburg were stilled on July 4, 1863, after the Union Army whipped Robert E. Lee and Confederates brigades in a raging three-day theater of civil war. Now somehow, without ever reading it, ...
As we prepare to note the 249th anniversary of our country, getting ready for the great celebration next year of America’s 250th, Gallup serves up sobering data. Per polling just released by Gallup, only 58% of Americans now say they are “extremely proud” or “very proud” to be an ...
As Americans prepare to celebrate the anniversary of the adoption of our Declaration of Independence, it is important to take a hard look at why such a day is worth celebrating, nearly 250 years later. After all, the date has been a federal holiday only since 1870 — the heart of the ...
Last weekend, the Wall Street Journal did a rare story on the Ukraine war, though it was buried on page A10, after a front-page teaser. That has been the pattern until Russia launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine on Sunday, which attracted some media attention. Otherwise, media has ...
A seasoned veteran of Chicago politics once told me that it often takes Democrats a couple of four-year cycles out of office before they can pull their fractious factions together into a winning coalition. There’s a lot of truth in that, and that’s why I am not surprised to see the ...
In the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s tragic and horrific airplane crash in a wooded neighborhood of Howland that killed six, grief and bewilderment abound. We join others in extending our condolences to the families and friends of the victims: passengers 68-year-old Veronica Weller, ...