In the first Federalist Paper, Alexander Hamilton warned that a great risk to liberty comes from those who start out as "demagogues" and end up as "tyrants." He nevertheless judged the risk worth taking to establish a constitutional republic. He can be forgiven for taking that chance. Back ...
Last year, the waves lapping on the beach convinced a mountain girl that the sea has its own charms. This year, the waves reminded me that parts of me that I feared had sailed away were actually just in murky depths, waiting to be stirred up and brought forward by the tides of change. Our ...
Dear Annie: My 14-year-old daughter spends far too much time on social media, and I am beginning to see it affect her mood, confidence and sleep. She checks her phone the moment she wakes up and often stays online long after she is supposed to be asleep. If a friend posts a picture ...
It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation's birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated. "Who controls the past controls the future," wrote George Orwell in 1984. "Who controls the present controls ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: About four months ago, my doctor switched me from a combination of 5 mg of amlodipine and 100 mg of Losartan daily (which I'd been taking for several years) to 10 mg of amlodipine only. Things went just fine until very recently, when I started developing some annoying skin ...
"Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don't want you to love your country." That's a disclaimer every entrance to the National Museum of American History ought to display, according to a new report by the White House excoriating the Smithsonian Institution and its ...
