DANIEL VAUGHAN: Can Americans find a new ending for the country’s direction?

• The great author, philosopher, and apologist C.S. Lewis said, “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: The Electoral College provides safety barriers for celebrity candidates like Kanye

• Kanye West claims he’s running for president now. Whether or not you take that candidacy seriously, it’s another example of a person with a...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: We can only see the past with COVID-19, which is bad for the present

• We’ve re-entered the dark shadows of the coronavirus. The initial surge or wave was known for everything we don’t know. We didn’t realize how...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: The culture wars won’t solve any problems

• Every time it seems that the protests — whether in-person or of the social media variety — have jumped the shark, they take a...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: Don’t blame the public for mask skepticism

• It’s common to hear people mock or chastise those walking around without a mask these days. And I get it. It’s essential to wear...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: The woke Pharisees and their religious wars

• As a nation, we are at an inflection point. We watch every day as another historical figure has his or her statue torn down....

DANIEL VAUGHAN: The heightened contradictions in George Floyd’s death

• Times of peace and prosperity heighten the contradictions of a civilization. People cease focusing on foreign threats and turn inward to domestic problems. It’s...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: The ahistorical radicals of ‘woke’ purity

• A popular idiom of our time warns that those who don’t learn from history’s mistakes are doomed to repeat them. In the American tradition,...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: Memorializing versus celebrating history

• In Robert Edsel’s incredible book, Monuments Men, he says, “If, in time of peace, our museums and art galleries are important to the community, in...

DANIEL VAUGHAN: Cancel culture drives out hate with more hate

• As the protests stemming from the death of George Floyd have spread across the country, social media pseudo-activism has followed. The central feature of...