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Make no mistake, America is now on trial: The indictment of a former president sets the nation on a dangerous path

The American constitutional order is now on trial. With the indictment of a former president on criminal charges—including violations of the Espionage Act—we have entered a new political age. Our entire system of ordered liberty, a political culture ...

July 12, 2023

These are the men who took the cliffs: The anniversary of D-Day and the end of an age

“These are the boys of Point du Hoc,” declared President Ronald Reagan in 1984, as the free world celebrated the 40th anniversary of D-Day and as waves crashed into the cliffs of Normandy. The man met the hour in that speech, and with the world watch ...

July 9, 2023

Did you see what happened at the coronation?: Centuries of moral investment in marriage were wiped away

The coronation of King Charles III went off pretty much as planned, with pomp and ceremony designed to invoke a thousand years of history, tradition, national identity, and royal majesty. Observers might be forgiven for wondering just how the elabora ...

June 8, 2023

Lean in to hear the echoes of history: Watching and hearing the coronation of King Charles III

The last time a monarch was crowned in Britain, a very small 4-year-old boy, his hair plastered to his head with polish, wiggled as he sat in Westminster Abbey, feet away from the queen. The queen was his mother. Tomorrow, that queen’s son, King Char ...

June 5, 2023

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