The spectacle of Dr. Anthony Fauci refusing to answer questions from senators by repeatedly citing his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination was blatantly ridiculous. A man who never found a microphone he didn't like was refusing to engage in defending his record. Then the elitist ...
The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond has climbed back to where it stood in 2007, north of 5%, and it pushed a little higher again this week after the Federal Reserve left its own rates alone. On its face, that sounds almost reassuring, a return to some pre-crisis normal. It is nothing of the ...
It’s summer and for my family that always meant an annual vacation. In many ways, think of it like a Chevy Chase vacation. As I look back on life now, I realize how blessed my brother and I were to have grown up in a family where a vacation happened every year. That ritual was one my wife ...
The photos. You see them on social media. Magical, perfectly aesthetic mementos of a family vacation. A beautiful city, mountains, waves in the background. Everyone dressed nicely and smiling as though they’d reach their happy place. A moment as perfect as the setting. What goes on before ...
In a display of Stockholm Syndrome, the White House Correspondents' Association invited Donald Trump to be the keynote speaker at their annual festival of self-appreciation. Because he is who he is, he did not take the opportunity to do the kind of gentle press ribbing that past presidents ...
I recently listened to a Pints With Aquinas podcast episode with guest Malcolm Guite, an author and poet. What he had to say about stories and poetry was quite fascinating. It revived something inside me and made me think about story in a new way. I pulled out my copy of “The Rime of the ...
