Ever since Notre Dame’s football team was cheated (yes, cheated) out of playing in the college football championship playoffs, the news has been filled with articles by sportswriters who are incensed that the team decided not to participate in one of the remaining bowl games that are not part ...
Too often, people are quick to complain and slow to praise. Today, I want to take a moment to highlight something I witnessed that deserves recognition. On my way to work, I noticed a young woman walking along the sidewalk near a local auto dealer. She was wearing a coat and carrying a ...
Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse. Donald Trump seems to be undoing American greatness at warp speed. Sure, the United States ...
Our world is awash in plastic. From single-use water bottles and food packaging to synthetic clothes, shoes, and even nail polish, our overreliance on plastic is spreading a toxic, chemical-laden material all over the planet — including in our own bodies. Most Americans are sick of plastic ...
Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress, a major foghorn in our nation’s capital for America’s left, explained “Why Democrats Won the Shutdown.” The most accurate declaration in the article is “fights tell the country a lot about ...
When Ben Fallon was growing up in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, all he ever wanted to do was play football. Fallon was in fourth grade, and in Western Pennsylvania, pretty much every boy wants to play football. However, his parents had some strong feelings about that sport. “My parents ...