The treasured ideals and institutions of Western civilization seem more endangered than ever, judging by the morally bankrupt reaction of our elites to the October 7 atrocities in Israel, says columnist Bill Moloney.
Half a century ago, columnist Bill Moloney recalls, America was dominant enough to rescue Israel while keeping Russia and China at bay. But it’s not 1973 any more.
Fifty years on from Richard Nixon’s great hour of triumph, winter 1973, his onetime speechwriter draws lessons for Americans today, in a Presidents Day lecture at Colorado Christian University.
Joe Biden is the latest in a string of Democratic presidents to fancy themselves in a league with Franklin Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson, notes columnist Bill Moloney, but he’s not close to having the requisite political momentum to make good the boast.