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Protest Against Islamist Extremism In Cologne: Much Less Than Meets The Eye

The other day there was another of those much-ballyhooed demonstrations "against Islamic extremism" by Muslims (and their non-Muslim friends), this one in Cologne, Germany, under the title "Nicht Mit Uns," Not With Us. (Otherwise expressed: Count Me Out.) It was billed as a march against Islamist

gun control

Take Your Gun Control and Shove It. We’re Arming Up.

Radio silence. It's never a good sign. Experts and pundits will tell you that before a terror attack, the chatter goes silent.

Culture

The Best Way to Raise Children

Yesterday was Father's Day. And although our culture makes a big deal these days about Father's Day, the role and importance of a father in the American family appears to shrink more each year. In 1940, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Commentary

EpiPen Underpriced Despite Times Complaints

"Outcry Over EpiPen Prices Hasn't Made Them Lower" is the misleading headline over Charles Duhigg's "Adventures in Capitalism" column in the New York Times business section. Mr. Duhigg writes, "I was surprised when my pharmacist informed me, months after those floggings

Commentary

The Old Codger on Father’s Day

Well, you might remember when we were talking about Mother's Day, I said I hoped the wife and daughter would remember to give me the royal treatment on Father's Day. Did they?

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The Day My Father Really Was My Dad

I stood at the edge and looked across the pool, to where I was supposed to swim. It was only 25 yards of calm, chlorinated water, but it might as well have been the murky, choppy currents of the Atlantic. This was the last day of swimming lessons. To pass,

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The Difference A Dad Makes

This Father's Day Weekend, I happen to be turning 40. Fortunately, with a wife and four young children, there will be precious little time to worry about any looming mid-life crisis. The emphasis will remain, full speed ahead, on fatherhood. But it's worth taking a moment

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If We’re Going To Be A Nation of Equals, We Need To Be A Nation of Equalizers

The shooting of a Republican leader in Congress and others by a disturbed left-wing attacker at a baseball practice in northern Virginia early Wednesday morning brings to mind all sorts of problems in America: the viciousness of our politics, the absurdity of our public rhetoric, the prevalence of violence. It&