Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Ronald Reagan's D-Day Speech

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At his best, Ronald Reagan could redce an audience to tears with his speeches. I saw him do it on a number of occasions — when the space shu...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

The RFK Assassination

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"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." Robert F. Kennedy Today is the 50th anniversary...
Monday, May 28, 2018

A Look at the Midterms on Memorial Day

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For quite awhile now, Democrats have been salivating over the assumption that they could win back the House in November. Nancy Pelosi has be...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Primary Day in West Virginia

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Democrat Joe Manchin was a popular guy when he was West Virginia's governor. But that was when West Virginia was still a Democratic st...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

A Blast From the Past

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It occurred to me this week, when 72–year–old Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested under suspicion of being the infamous Golden State Killer ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Death, Free Speech and Tenure

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As a journalist, I am a lifelong advocate of free speech — well, the First Amendment in general. I guess it goes without saying that I am a ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Barbara Bush Dies at 92

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Former first lady Barbara Bush, who died yesterday at the age of 92, was a remarkable woman, and her attributes are justifiably being rememb...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Thomas Jefferson's 275th Birthday

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"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White Hou...
Sunday, April 8, 2018

Farewell to a Great Journalist

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There was a time in my life when I was on the journalism faculty at the University of Oklahoma. The director of the school of journalism w...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Fifty Years Since the Death of Martin Luther King

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"Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days,...