9.22.73 – Nixon for a Strong National Defense

President Nixon greeting the men of the U.S.S. Saratoga on May 17, 1969. By the summer of 1968, Americans had grown so weary of the Vietnam war, so alarmed by America’s domestic situation, and so disillusioned with its country’s foreign policy that a new...

On Words, Pins, and Patriotism

Over the last couple of weeks, there seems to be a controversy in the presidential campaign over expressions of patriotism. Senator Obama is being criticized for not wearing a flag lapel, and not putting his hand over his heart when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance....