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The father of Flag Day

“The Red and White and starry Blue is freedom’s shield and hope.” — John Philip Sousa What is it that triggers the formation of momentous ideas — a captured thought, an inspirational moment or something else? What we do know is this specific idea was born in 1885 to a teacher, Bob ...

LA is not on fire, no matter how much Trump might want it to be

The president is doing his best to inflame passions within and at California. Calling in the National Guard against the governor’s wishes is a provocation. Sending in Marines to add drama to his show is an insult as well as incitement. The Marines are not a fashion accessory. They are trained ...

Poll: Most adults approve of Trump’s military parade but not the spending

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington prepares for a military parade this weekend to honor the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, a new survey finds that U.S. adults are more likely to approve than disapprove of President Donald Trump’s decision to hold the festivities, which officials have said ...

Rise of the ‘woke right’

In 2018, some activists, appalled by woke nonsense being published by academic journals, submitted nonsensical research. One paper claimed researchers “closely and respectfully examined the genitals of ... ten thousand dogs” to learn about “rape culture and queer performativity at urban ...

Abrego Garcia was never simply a ‘Maryland father’

For a while, the favored moniker for Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the media was “Maryland father.” Abrego Garcia was indeed living in Maryland and was indeed a father, but this wasn’t what was the most distinctive thing about him. There are hundreds of thousands of fathers living in the ...