In 1979, as smoke rose from the Grand Mosque in Mecca during a bloody zealot siege, I felt the first tremors of Saudi Arabian extremism firsthand. A quarter-century before 9/11, the seeds of the hijackers’ radicalization were already being sown inside the kingdom. Working in Riyadh at a private school for the Saudi royal family, […]
This week marks 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001. Every year, we get further away from that day. The visceral components fade into a more manageable memory. Like most horrors, the shock and pain still linger as we move on. But this never means we forget the terrible events or how profoundly they changed our […]
War is evil. This is easy to forget. Heroism, patriotism, and moral clarity often arise out of war. But war produces mostly evil. War means death. War makes people homeless, and it levels cities. War also causes moral harm — it destroys innocence and turns young men into killers. It also causes rashness and error. […]
Canada and the United States have been great friends, allies, and trading partners for many years. They’ve had disagreements on areas of mutual importance like the auto sector, softwood lumber, and acid rain. They didn’t see eye-to-eye on wars in Iraq and Vietnam. Their views on apartheid in South Africa were diametrically opposed for a […]
History often surprises us with the way time and events align. Moments separated by centuries sometimes speak to one another, reminding us of both our fragility and our strength as a nation. In 2026, two remarkable anniversaries converge — each carrying profound meaning for Americans. On July 4, we celebrated the 250th birthday of our […]
Anniversaries are occasions for remembrance. This week, 25 years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans will rightly remember the nearly 3,000 innocent people murdered that morning, the families they left behind, and the firefighters, police officers, passengers, and other ordinary Americans who responded with such great courage. But remembering 9/11 also requires […]
While the Treasury Department pulls out all the stops to try to calm the bond market, the White House has apparently taken the opposite approach. During his headline speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas, President Donald Trump pledged to issue “a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for […]
