Sometimes, 10 seconds of courage can reveal more about American leadership than nearly two years of political speeches, military briefings, controversial appointments and dismissals. On Veterans Day 2026, an American soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier demonstrated something…
Of statues and stories: Reckoning with the Lost Cause
A few years back, as I wandered across a broad hill overlooking Washington, D.C., I discovered a monument, the statue of a woman atop a 32-foot decorated pedestal rising above the untold thousands of gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery. I…