How about a commission to examine the source of the anger that produced the (Jan. 6) attack? The sources aren’t conservative talk radio or cable TV. They are merely conduits for many Americans who are fed up with their government and want it to return to the boundaries established by the Founders.
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Rich Lowry: Yes, Democrats should fear the crime wave
Black Lives Matter has already been losing support in the polls, while trust in the police has been rising. Things would have to get much worse for crime to become as central an issue as it was in the 1970s. But Democrats who aren’t alarmed that reporters are dodging bullets at the George Floyd memorial are tempting political fate.
Froma Harrop: Preserving dignity in city culture
Here’s hoping Palm Springs can resist the growing push to infantilize the culture. There’s such a thing as civic dignity. And Disneyland, after all, is only an hour and a half drive away.
The Holocaust destroyed Jewish families. Genealogy can help rebuilt them.
The international Jewish community could help by directing more money and attention toward these kinds of genealogical efforts, many of which are currently undertaken by ad hoc volunteers with limited time and resources.
Twenty years after 9/11, its memorialization remains contested
In Freeport, Maine, three local women who began waving American flags every week in 2001 to honor the heroes and fallen of 9/11 eventually included the sacrifices of the soldiers sent to fight the War on Terror in their commemoration.
Dr. Said Mohamud: Tyranny in Somalia must come to an end
The Somali people hope that U.S.-educated people are strengths of their nascent democracy, but never thought about struggling to fight for their rights and freedoms against a new dictator who was educated and once lived in the United States.
Cal Thomas: Ministry of Truth 2.0
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly considering the development of tools that would help America’s children discern truth from lies and know when they are being fed “disinformation.” The Washington Times, which first reported the story, says a department spokesperson declined to give details, but that more information would be revealed “in the […]
Leonard Pitts Jr.: He was a Vietnam vet named Greg
On Memorial Day, we honor those who sacrificed their lives in America’s wars. This year, though, I’ll also be thinking of Greg and all those like him, keeping unwilling company with demons of sorrow and despair.
Froma Harrop: Republicans actually need the Jan. 6 Commission
Legislation passed by the House would establish a 10-member commission appointed equally by Democrats and Republicans. Without Republican input, the official story of Jan. 6 will be told by historians, journalists and the courts.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: They don’t even know how we live
How do we know who is vaccinated and who isn’t? Who will enforce mask mandates for the unvaccinated? What happened to the earlier guidance that vaccinated people keep wearing masks so they don’t become carriers of the disease — that is, the Typhoid Marys of 2021? No one from CDC answered any of these questions. Or dozens of others.