In a new book about her grandfather, Dwight D, Eisenhower, titled "How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions," Susan Eisenhower writes admiringly about Ike's pursuit of what she calls "the middle way."
Anything that reduces tensions in the Middle East and contributes to Israel's security should be applauded.
I begin with a personal story to make a greater point.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden appears to have painted himself into a corner with his promise to select a woman - and apparently from the candidates on his short list, an African American woman - to be his running mate.
The violence perpetrated in the streets of cities across America continues because state and local elected officials (all Democrats) refuse to do what is necessary to stop it.
For years conservative groups and especially the National Rifle Association have been warning that the government would find a way to confiscate the guns of law-abiding Americans. Many dismissed what they regarded as a scare tactic designed to raise money.
I am not in the habit of quoting leftist Noam Chomsky, but this line seems relevant when one considers our growing national debt: "When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think."
President Donald Trump's decision to commute the prison sentence of longtime friend and political adviser Roger Stone just days before Stone was to begin a 40-month prison sentence - he and the president say he was falsely accused - reminded me of another man who was as loyal to his president and who did go to prison.
A myth says lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
In the latest of many cynical and highly political moves, the House of Representatives last week passed a measure that would transform the District of Columbia and make it the 51st state.
