Reflections on Memorial Day 2023;The Fight to Prevent Veteran Suicide;Watchdog Calls out Biden's VA for Poor Treatment of Veterans, Other Shortcomings;

 

Morning Greatness: McCarthy, Biden Make Deal on Debt Limit Good Monday morning. Here is what’s on 46 agenda today: 8:30am: The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 11am: The President and The First Lady participate in a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; The Vice President and The Second Gentleman attend 11:15am: The President delivers the Memorial Day Address at .. READ MORE » Watchdog Calls out Biden's VA for Poor Treatment of Veterans, Other Shortcomings As the nation celebrates Memorial Day by reflecting on the service of veterans throughout our history, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has come under .. READ MORE » The Fight to Prevent Veteran Suicide The return to civilian life can be an extreme challenge for men and women who have served in the military, veteran Jim Lorraine says. “What you have to understand, when you move from the military back into the civilian world, you’re really not just changing a job, you’re changing a culture,” explains Lorraine, president of .. READ MORE » Morning Greatness: McCarthy, Biden Make Deal on Debt Limit Good Monday morning. Here is what’s on 46 agenda today: 8:30am: The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 11am: The President and The First Lady .. READ MORE » Reflections on Memorial Day 2023 Today, we celebrate Memorial Day. What does that mean? Unfortunately, for many citizens, it signifies just another three-day weekend, the beginning of the summer season, and an excuse for a weekend cook-out. Sadly, we have lost even the vestiges of the meaning of this holiday: a solemn time, serving both as catharsis for those who .. READ MORE » Sorcery or Nihilism, Part II In part one of this series of four essays, I asked whether we are compelled by our times to understand sorcery—their sorcery, and our own.  Let’s begin with the latter. Professor Harry Jaffa in a Thomistic tradition maintained that the morality of the Bible in no way contradicted the morality of the rationalism of the .. READ MORE » Amplifying the Book Ban Bushwa In a recent piece in The Atlantic, Ronald Brownstein proclaimed, “The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point.” With the solemnity of a writer reporting on anti-totalitarian uprisings, Brownstein’s opening paragraph explains, “Across multiple fronts, Democrats and their allies are stiffening their resistance to a surge of Republican-led book bans.” It seems that this .. READ MORE » PO Box 455, Leesburg, VA 20178