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The need to look beyond war for some non-martial way to cultivate communal responsibility is more urgent now than ever.

Do cancellation artists themselves deserve protection from being canceled?

American presidents have long vied to echo John Kennedy’s “Ask not what your country can do for you.” The spirit of service, declared Ronald Reagan, “flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation.” Bill Clinton created AmeriCorps. George H.W. Bush likened volunteer organizations to “a thousand points of light.” George W. Bush created the USA Freedom Corps. Barack Obama called on Americans to “ground our politics in the notion of a c...

Should young Americans be required to give a year of service? On the surface, the idea would seem to be attractive across the political spectrum.  By Editorial Board New York Times May 4, 2021 — 11:28am Text size ...

Joe Biden aspires to be the second coming of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, so short of his showing up to work in a wheelchair and sucking on a cigarette holder, the first hundred days, which he marks this week, will serve as the most symbolic reminder of the president’s sense of historic purpose. The ritual observation of the passage of FDR’s calendrical contrivance promises to be even more turgid than usual this year. President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, which he ...

Antiwar.com Original The False Promise of Universal National Serviceby Doug Bandow Posted on War fires the imagination, especially of those who never suffered its horrors. Washington, D.C.’s faux heroes find nothing so courageous as sending other people off to fight and die in one grand cause or another. Of course, some professionals glory in death and gore, such as World War II’s Gen. George S. Patton. In his infamous speech to the Third Army he declared: "Men, all this stuff you hear abo...

The Moral Equivalent of Jimmy Carter  Evidently, Joe Biden has bigger plans to reshape America than we realized. Remember when he said that if he’s elected, “Nothing would fundamentally change”? Well, that was in June 2019, pre-election.  post-election, and things are different. For instance, let’s consider this Washington Postheadline from January 27: “As Biden vows monumental action on climate change, a fight with the fossil fuel industry has only begun.” Given that fossil f...