The good news is that Americans have the power to keep themselves safe and the luxury of knowing that these limitations are temporary. Medical personnel working in COVID wards who take the proper precautions seem to be protecting themselves. So what’s the big deal about wearing a mask?
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Thanks in the time of COVID
It seems a safe bet that no one wants ever to see another year like this. Maybe not even Jeff Bezos, whose Amazon corporation has piled up tons of profits as people shun stores so they don’t pay with their lives for buying a new slipcover.
Marc Thiessen: My mother’s legacy
Her experiences taught me important lessons. First, we should never take the peace and freedom we enjoy here for granted. All this happened in the lifetime of my immediate family. It could happen again. Indeed, in places such as Syria, people are suffering similar atrocities today. America should not abandon them the way we abandoned the Warsaw Poles.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: I am not disappointed in Donald Trump
Monday, on Twitter and CNN, respected reporter Carl Bernstein named 21 GOP senators, including McSally, Grassley, Cornyn, Collins, Rubio and Rick Scott, who in private, he says, “have repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump and his fitness to be POTUS.” Yet almost none has been willing to say so publicly.
Jody Jalbert: Wishing a very Happy Thanksgiving to all
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Fatuma Hussein: Thank you to teachers on this Thanksgiving Day
Many times, we forget those who have sacrificed and given us so much to be who we are today. Teachers are the first in line to help shape, mold and ground us into responsible community members.
Rediscovering America: A Thanksgiving quiz
Because of the pandemic, this Thanksgiving will be very different than most, but it will still include many familial and national traditions. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the Thanksgiving holiday in American history and culture. 1. What was the primary […]
Cal Thomas: The unraveling of Trump’s case
The Trump legal team’s move over the weekend to distance itself from attorney Sidney Powell as it seeks to overturn the Nov. 3 election results is a major blow to the president’s attempt to win a second term. Powell, whose 2014 book, “Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice,” along with her […]
Channeling Lincoln’s ideological balancing act will lead Biden to success
Quoting from Lincoln’s first inaugural address, Biden declared that it was time for our “better angels” to prevail.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address still speaks to us
That great address is only 272 words long. It took Lincoln only two minutes or so to deliver. It will take you less time to read it.