BARONE: Returning to normalcy on school masks
Are we returning to normalcy? The word “normalcy,” as history buffs know, was used — but not invented — by our only journalist president, Warren G. Harding, to sum up his 1920 campaign. Normalcy was […]
Are we returning to normalcy? The word “normalcy,” as history buffs know, was used — but not invented — by our only journalist president, Warren G. Harding, to sum up his 1920 campaign. Normalcy was […]
Replacing former President Donald Trump with President Joe Biden was supposed to bring joy to the land from sea to sea. We were going to be a united people at last. Every problem known to […]
The national debt has passed $30 trillion. It is clearly time to start talking about balancing the federal budget. The explosion of federal debt has been astonishing. In 1980, the national debt was $908 billion. […]
Anyone who wonders how a new president will govern need look no further than the decorations in the Oval Office; more specifically, for the presence or absence of the Churchill bust. When President Obama made […]
Every year we collectively “celebrate” the “history” of black Americans and our contributions to the larger fabric of national culture. As long as I can remember we have celebrated inventions and musicians and intellectuals like […]
The NFL playoffs have been a showcase for elite field goal kickers. None of the final four teams — the Bengals, the Rams, the Chiefs or the 49ers — would have even been in the […]
The mainstream media has whipped itself into a frenzy over the last several months trying to get podcaster Joe Rogan neutered or canceled, and the reason why is clear: He refuses to bow to outrage […]
When I was a first-year law student, one of my more imaginative professors suggested an interesting hypothetical. At the end of the last millennium, it was quite profound, Nonetheless, I updated it slightly for use […]
The tally for how much the federal government spent to combat COVID-19 is now estimated to be $5 trillion. It is more than the combined costs of World Wars I and II. The left is […]
It was my honor to be elected to six terms to the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. The Board of Governors oversees the 17 campuses of the state’s higher education system, […]
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