Author: Michael Dorstewitz

When we hear the words “jet fuel,” we tend to think in terms of exotic, volatile tures, something akin to that which sends top fuel dragsters roaring […]

After winning the Democratic presidential primary,Barack Obamatold a St. Paul, Minn., audience, “I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to lo back […]

The joy of Christmas and Hanukkah is expressed in the giving, not the receiving. There are always those to whom we’re expected to give gifts, such as […]

On Tuesday, President Obama addressed a crowd in Osawatomie, Kan., purportedly on the state of the economy. It was intended to be reminiscent of one given 100 […]

Last week’s end-of-month job report, on the surface, sounded optimistic. About 120,000 private-sector jobs were added to the economy, dropping the unemployment rate to 8.6 percent. The […]

Our nation is suffering a crisis of accountability. My first job after law school was working for a talented criminal lawyer named Andy. He d the rough […]

My friend Paul recently sent me an article titled, “15 factsabout McDonald’s that will blow your mind.” Included was the revelation that the restaurant chain’s $24 billion […]

Every time we open the newspaper or watch the evening news, we’re bombarded with accounts of corruption, financial woes (this is hardly just of late), even child […]

Six months ago, I posted a blog here called, “Gunfight at the Credo Corral.” In it, I described our Second Amendment right to bear arms as both […]

Five years before he was elected president, John F. Kennedy wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Profiles in Courage,” which described acts of political courage performed by eight American […]

Question: Why aren’t Coast Guardsmen required to know how to swim? Answer: Because if their boat sinks, they can simply wade to shore. Yeah, funny, I know. […]

On June 22, 1969, America received a wake-up call on the state of its environment. On that otherwise lazy Sunday afternoon, Cleveland, Ohio’sCuyahoga River caught fire. A […]