Clarence Page: Looking for truth when lies become too easy to …
WEBIn a live interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Vance was trying to justify spreading what, even in polite terms, can only be called lies about Haitians eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do.”.
Victor Davis Hanson: Is America becoming Rome versus Byzantium?
WEBOct 13, 2021 · Yet the Roman eastern half survived for nearly 1,000 years. It was soon known as the Byzantine Empire, until overwhelmed by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 A.D. Historians still disagree over why the East endured while the West crumbled. And they cite the various roles of differing geography, border …
Terry Savage: Long-term care and inflation
WEBMay 16, 2023 · Pricing a combo life/LTC policy — and paying for it. A 63-year-old woman could lock in $5,000 per month of coverage for six years of care, along with a 3% compound inflation adjustment — plus a $120,000 death benefit. The cost is a steep one-time payment of $99,000. Or $12,600 annually, if paid over 10 years. Or $10,500 if paid over 15 years.
Victor Davis Hanson: Biden can’t escape blame for Afghanistan fiasco
WEBAug 19, 2021 · Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Content Agency, Victor Davis Hanson Posted 08/18/2021 at 10:19 pm EST. The American-nurtured Afghan military of the last 20 years that had suffered thousands of prior casualties evaporated in a few hours in the encirclement of Kabul. Enlistees apparently calculated that their own meager chances with the premodern ...
Victor Davis Hanson: History will grind out the truth
WEBNov 11, 2021 · In other words, history eventually will sort it all out. Or as the second-century A.D. skeptic philosopher Sextus Empricus noted, eventually the truth emerges and cosmic justice is rendered: “The millstones of the gods grind late, but they grind fine.”. ____. (Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution ...
Victor Davis Hanson: We have lost an American genius
WEBFeb 24, 2021 · Last week, 32 years and more than 23,000 hours of on-air commentary after he went national in August 1988, Limbaugh died of lung cancer at age 70. By the 1990s he had become the voice, literally and iconically, of the conservative movement and its hot/cold liaisons with the Republican Party. Limbaugh was …
The Housing Scene: Taking the Fight to Squatters
WEBThe Housing Scene: Taking the Fight to Squatters. Lew Sichelman, Andrews McMeel Syndication Posted 09/12/2024 at 8:03 pm EST. Some states are taking long-overdue legislative steps to deal with squatters: people who take over others' properties without their consent, sometimes dumping the owner’s stuff and trashing their homes.
Victor Davis Hanson: What is American wokeness really about?
WEBJul 29, 2021 · They are perceived as distracted and ignoring their primary missions of winning wars, catching terrorists before they strike, and offering superb intelligence about our enemies. Wokeness is many things. But increasingly it seems a cover for careerism, profiteering and utter incompetence. (Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the ...
What you should know about irrevocable trusts
WEBIt is also known as a revocable trust. Once the trust is created, you have the ability to control what you put into and take out of the trust. Think of it as a bank account. You can put money in, decide who to pay and how to invest it. And, at any time you can withdraw the money and do with it as you please. An irrevocable trust is different.
Cal Thomas: Can ‘systemic racism’ be eliminated?
WEBFeb 2, 2021 · Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency, Cal Thomas Posted 02/01/2021 at 12:15 pm EST. Second only to his fixation on “climate change” is President Biden’s focus on “systemic racism.”. In addition to reinstating mandatory race theory training for federal employees, Biden proposes spending even more money we don’t have to fix a problem ...