Could it be that we can have different languages, different religions, different traditions, different (and often clashing) cultures, different values, different ideas of what is right and wrong, what is good for society and the human person, and still be a nation?

I agree. I hope you do too—with the principle, not just with its application now. And you’ll notice there are, in fact, no cities burning. A lot of furious and grieving people, of all races, and a fair few gremlins slavering in glee. But no burning cities. Let’s keep it that way.

I read this almost every year, and I weep.

Here is Sally Thomas's poem from the Jane Greer tribute. Check out the full tribute 👇.

Walk the Camino with Susan Spear in today's edition of Talk to Me in Long Lines: To the Field of Stars by Susan Spear open.substack.com/pub/verseatlen…

My thoughts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and what it portends for our democratic republic. Only Washington Examiner! washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/38042…

“The only course capable of keeping us free, both internally from our adversaries’ passions and externally from our enemies’ designs, is the one we have traditionally taken: finding a democratic way to unmistakably resolve our disputes in one direction while providing ample space

“If the 50-50 division continues, history tells us we should expect more violence, not less.”

Governor Cox: "There was no rioting. There was no looting. There were no cars set on fire. There was no violence. There were vigils and prayers. And people coming together to share the humanity. And that, ladies and gentlemen, I believe is the answer to this."

The people who consistently smear the "other" as racist, fascist, or even Nazi are now gaslighting us about the identity of Charlie Kirk's murderer.

Before Charlie Kirk, there was Ronald Reagan. This morning, I recalled the speech Reagan gave after Martin Luther King's assassination. The year was 1968—two days after King was killed. In his singular voice, Reagan presciently and tragically laid out the fight he knew was coming

This is another horrifying story from the past week. Disabled Arab Christian flees radical Islam only to be murdered by Islamist while broadcasting live. Sick.

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: for the immense love with which God has transformed the means to death into an instrument of life, embracing it for our salvation, teaching us that nothing can separate us from him and that his love is greater than

Dear friends, today I turn seventy years old. I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents; and I thank all those who have remembered me in their prayers.

The cross you are carrying may not be what you desire or expected. Yet, it is your path to holiness and to heaven. Embrace it ever confident of what we celebrate today: By his cross and resurrection, Jesus defeated the power of suffering and death and his victory is our victory!

The ethics aren’t difficult here: If you praise an assassin’s actions murdering a young husband and father, society should impose a social consequence upon you. That is decidedly not cancel culture. It is actually just the opposite—it’s evidence that society’s collective moral

You may be a great historian but please tell me what it is you are conserving by voting for the assisted suicide bill?