When I told friends and colleagues that my sister — Elizabeth (Barske) McLain — was going to swim the English Channel, a lot of them responded with disbelief or awe. But I, for one, wasn’t shocked. For as long as I can remember, my sister has been a swimmer. Elizabeth, who’s 2½ years ...
Senators Grassley and Ernst were among seven Republican Senators who sent a letter to the White House asking President Biden to repeal tariffs and other trade barriers that Trump implemented during his time in office affecting a wide range of industries, including agriculture, carmakers and ...
Ihave forgotten more about race than most people have ever known. Apologies if that sounds like braggadocio, but there’s a point that needs making. I’ve spent the better part of 40 years researching and writing about the history and dynamics of race in America — and 63 years living ...
This Independence Day, a poll from Issues & Insights revealed that only 36% of adults aged 18-24 said they were “proud to be American,” compared with 86% of those over the age of 65. This shouldn’t be surprising. America’s children have been raised in a system dedicated to the ...
No fooling. A world premier play is going to be performed in Mt. Pleasant and I have a bit part in it. It’s from a C.S. Lewis short story, “The Man Born Blind,” that wasn’t discovered until after Lewis’ death. The script is the brain child of Alyn D’Blay, entitled, “Born ...
Controversy, of sorts, arrived in my driveway last week. There was no commotion. There were no protesters. No picketers. No chants about destroying the economy or caving in to China. In fact, there was virtually no sound at all when the revolution in the American automobile industry rolled ...