“We can begin—today, with this very election—to teach our children about the spirit of honor, innovation, and independence that formed the nation and, even divided as we are, still sustains it,” writes Elizabeth Scalia in The Quiet Power of our Sacred Honor , today’s “On the Square” article. In it she reflects on certain truths about America that children are not always taught and adults don’t always remember.
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Moral Certitude and the Iran War
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