Former First Lady Nancy Reagan died this morning. She was 94 years old. It has always saddened me that the Reagans were denied peaceful, warm reminiscences of their incredible lives. Instead they were forced into battle—first, trying to hold his mind together as long as possible, and then Nancy’s torturous struggle to care for a … Read more
Mitt Romney will speak tomorrow morning about the presidential race. Indications are that it is neither an endorsement nor an announcement of his own candidacy. I like Mitt Romney. The more you learn about him, the more he impresses. He’s a kind, generous, decent man. But, as Jonah Goldberg put it: he has “an authentic … Read more
Dear people who write open letters to Donald Trump supporters, I get it. I don’t like him either. But I don’t think for a moment that your melodramatic screed is infused with the genuine concern you’d like me to believe it is. Instead, I read it as passive-aggressive delight in the state of things. The … Read more