Some say protests don’t make a difference. Honestly, unless the protest is novel, I tend to agree. This year’s March for Life was its 39th year, so why do I justify participating and ask for your support next year? Because this is more than a protest. It’s not simply half a million people uniting around...
Year: 2012
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State of the citizenry
If the events of the past few years have demonstrated anything, it is this: America’s politicians, sadly of both parties, have contributed more to the creation of problems than to their solutions.
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Small town romeos
For 30 years, a group of older gentlemen — though they might scoff at the term — has been meeting in Hillsdale most weekday mornings, over coffee, to chat and shoot the breeze.
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Government pops the pill
The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a federal mandate that will force employers and insurers to provide health coverage for both birth control and sterilization, as well as several highly controversial abortion-inducing drugs. A decision like this is a direct violation of the First Amendment, which protects the right to conscience.
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Eisenhower memorial isn’t like Ike
The plan for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, designed by Frank Gehry, involves erecting a life-size statue of Eisenhower — as a seven-year-old surrounded by 80-foot poles with attached mesh curtains depicting the Midwest. It’s a nonsensical, avant-garde approach to remembering one of history’s most notable traditionalists.