My dear children: I rejoice to see you before me today, happy youth of a sunny and fortunate land. Bear in mind that the wonderful things that you learn in your schools are the work of many generations, produced by enthusiastic effort and infinite labour in every country of the world. All this is put…

I sometimes feel that it is a form of public mockery to keep honoring our country’s laborers when they have been so vilified and marginalized in the last 30 years. I say this with real sadness and regret, but the reality is that in 1982, then-President Ronald Reagan’s Securities and Exchange Commission removed any limits…

  There has been so much in the news these days about the legalization of marijuana for either medical or general use. I’m sure every one of you has your own opinion about such use, but perhaps you have not yet been made aware of some of the history of this interesting plant. First of…

Our US Supreme Court, by majority decisions (5-4), recently handed down two rulings that in the eyes of some violated our Constitutional separation of powers, and, in the eyes of others, clarified it. This is a good moment to remind ourselves that those who persist in calling America a Christian nation founded on Judeo-Christian principles…

  Gloria Steinem, one of best known “feminists” of our time, once said that “we can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.” Had she said it more recently, she likely would have replaced “checkbook stubs” with “online banking debits” or something similar. Her point is that our values are best demonstrated by…

  We all love the flags, the rah-rah’s, the warm feelings, the deep respect, and the gratitude we have for the gift of our country. Counter-balancing that, however, is a current and recurring reality that, in the minds of some, patriotism and chauvinism have become confused. The word chauvinism comes from Nicholas Chauvin, a soldier…