How You Can Honor the Fallen This Memorial Day

May 28, 2018
Greetings this Memorial Day from Washington, where, if FBI and Justice Department officials have nothing to hide, David Harsanyi suggests, they shouldn't fear an accounting of their actions during the 2016 presidential campaign. Congress ought to stop acting like the president didn't formally ask lawmakers to cancel some spending, Justin Bogie writes. As the war in Ukraine reaches a new level of violence, Kyiv sees an upswing in tourism, Nolan Peterson reports. Plus: Tom Callender on marking the real meaning of Memorial Day, Lee Edwards on civilians who gave all on 9/11, and Ronald Reagan on honoring "the valor of others."
Commentary How You Can Honor the Fallen This Memorial Day Why have so many Americans lost sight of the true meaning and observance of Memorial Day? Some would argue it began with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968. Read More
Commentary Did the Obama Administration Spy on Trump Using Flimsy Evidence? Let's Find Out It's pretty obvious that leaders of our institutions aren't above spying. Then-CIA Director John Brennan spied on the legislative branch and lied about it. Then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper spied on Americans through a domestic surveillance program and lied about it. Read More
Commentary Remember the Heroes of Flight 93 on Memorial Day Passenger Thomas Burnett, 38, CEO of a medical supply company, made phone calls to his wife. He said, "We have to do something. We can't wait for the authorities. … It's up to us. I think we can do it." Read More
Commentary Congress Is Trying to Ignore Trump's Spending Reduction Request. It Needs to Act Now. The rescissions package represents the very least Congress can do to try to pare back spending and return to some semblance of fiscal restraint. Read More
News In Ukraine, the War and the Game Must Go On An inflatable soccer ball was set up on top of the empty pedestal where a statue of Vladimir Lenin once stood at Bessarabska Square in Kyiv's city center. Read More
Commentary 'They Stood for Something and We Owe Them Something': Reagan's 1986 Memorial Day Speech His speech reminds us to be thankful for the valor of others, and that Memorial Day is a time to remember the "splendor of America." Watch the Video
Commentary We Hear You: Some Free Speech to Honor Those the Nation Salutes on Memorial Day "I remember the America our fathers … fought for in World War II. After the horror of that war, they came home determined to educate the coming generations, not fall into blind groupthink and emotional reactions as did the German people prior to the war," writes John Salunek. Read More
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