There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United “ States of his office and his oath to the Constitution," said Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in announcing she would vote to impeach President Trump.
How do you remove an expresident? He's already gone. That is the bizarre question posed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's quest to re-impeach Trump with just a few days left in his term. Why impeach the president now, as the House seeks to do, when there is not enough time for the Senate to hold a trial and pass judgment on the case before Trump's term expires on Wednesday, Jan. 20?
On the morning of Jan. 5, a best-selling Christian author posted a picture of the Egyptian Coptic martyrs who were beheaded on a beach in Libya in 2015. Above the photo, the author asked: "What price are you willing to pay for what you believe in?"
As we watched events unfold in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, we were sickened when a violent mob tried to overtake the United States Capitol.
Every year I've lived in this house, I've gotten a cloth calendar, hung from a dowel. My mother's mother always had a cloth calendar hanging in the farmhouse kitchen. As soon as the year was over, the calendar would be conscripted into use, usually to cover cinnamon rolls as they rose, to keep them moist until they were large enough to put into the oven.
Cry, the beloved country. There have been multiple American moments of great drama since World War II. Movements to extend rights to minorities, women, the disabled and gays, assassinations, terrorist attack and scandals. But not once – not even when Soviet missiles were being installed 90 miles from American shores more than a half-century ago – have the democratic values been in jeopardy.
The current president of Planned Parenthood is unafraid to use the word "abortion." In a Christmasseason interview with The Washington Post, Alexis McGill Johnson scolded those who would downplay the importance of abortion in her organization's work. She says it is "stigmatizing" to do so.
With vaccines heading to the drugstore, with a new Congress and new president taking power, and with the darkest day of the winter 10 days in the past, there is reason to feel a fresh sense of optimism. And optimism is more than a feeling. It is a tool.
Last week we came across an old yellow piece of paper that was stained and had holes in it that we had written about several years ago. It was titled “Winners Vs. Losers.”
A fellow I know was grousing about the past year. His birthday was coming up and he felt, once again, that this year failed to meet his expectations. He was unhappy with the year, unhappy with himself, unhappy with the fact that he'd even allowed himself to hope that 2020, of all years, was going to be better than the previous ones.