30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Last weekend, I found myself in my kitchen cooking dinner and humming a song from decades ago. The German rock
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Author: Jim Ludes
Individuals of Honor and Good Intent
When I was in high school, I kept a light-blue three ring binder full of quotes that inspired me. It
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On Partisans and Truth
On two separate occasions recently, I’ve heard variations of a critique: “Don’t be partisan,” someone said to me recently when
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The Real Meaning of “Deep State”
One of the proudest moments in my life had no witnesses—at least none that I know personally. On my very
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The Responsibility of Citizenship
We have heard a lot in the last couple of years—and even more in the last couple of days—about the
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We Can All Be Patriots
Each year, in my “day-job,” I’m responsible for organizing a speaker series that brings compelling speakers—scholars, journalists, filmmakers, and more—to
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Not Normal
People who live in DC and people who don’t live in DC have a different standard of normal. When my
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Empathy not Sympathy
It seems like the biggest story of the week in the world of sports was the retirement of Indianapolis Colts
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