Did you know that on two occasions, we almost had a President by the name of Willie? That was his real name, not his nickname. Mangum portrait by James Lambdin, 1844.

The model for Bolivians to follow after today’s election is not Castro, Chavez, Peron or any of the other power-hungry buffoons that seduce with false promises and deliver disaster and dictatorship.

Jesus did not steal the pigs; the demons did. It was the nature and choice of the demons that led to the destruction of the pigs they possessed. The story does not contradict Jesus’s teachings regarding private property. (AI-generated audio discussion attached.)

Thank you, Poland, for giving us the Musial family. May we never forget what a fantastic example of sterling character that Stan the Man was! (Photo credit: By Bowman Gum.)

This year—2025—marks the Diamond anniversary (60 years) of a movie that set the trajectory of my professional life.

Americans should be grateful to the Founders for bequeathing us a nation where courageous risk-takers can do their thing. In repressed societies, courageous risk-taking shows up in efforts to escape. But in free societies, it fosters creative ventures that allow people to pursue dreams, build and innovate, explore the unknown and even put their lives on the line to achieve something worthwhile. One such person was Harriet Quimby.

It should be no surprise that nearly 40 percent of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 were of Scottish blood. (Photo: The National William Wallace Monument in Stirling, Scotland.)