WILLIAM A. BORST has taught at virtually all levels of education from elementary school through university, published commentaries in many local and national publications, and hosted a weekly talk show on WGNU radio for 22 years. Having recently served as editor of the Mindszenty Report, Dr. Borst is the author of two prominent books: Liberalism: Fatal Consequences (1999) and The Scorpion and the Frog: A Natural Conspiracy (2005). He holds a PhD in American History from St. Louis University.
I have always been fascinated with obituaries, where the dead’s personal histories are formalistically repeated. I have mentioned in these pages before about how the Greeks never wrote personal histories but asked just one question of the dead. Did...
Several years ago, I served on the board of directors of a pair of Atlantic City, New Jersey hotels. It was in Atlantic City that Charles Darrow created the board game Monopoly in 1933. As a child I loved to evaluate my financial skills against my...
It was during Donald Trump’s recent election that I fully understood that his opponents didn’t just dislike him but hated him. It was a hatred that was palpable and even unnatural. People, who are usually rational and mild manner turned into raving...
No matter what we may think of Donald Trump personally, I think we have to marvel about his resiliency and his inner fortitude to conquer all the adversity he has suffered in the last 10 years. His personal journey on his path to the White House...
I had gone out for football in my senior year at Xavier. I could run and catch the ball but I think my lack of the killer instinct soured the coach on my overall value to the team. After three games on the pines, I decided to quit football and...
I do not think I can endure hearing another woman repeat the hackneyed slogan, My body, my choice. This phrase has become the universal excuse for butchering 65,000,000 children in utero like herds of cattle since 1973. Any person’s body autonomy...
As a Catholic, the use of reason is a term I grew up with many years ago. The Church set it at the age of seven, when a child knew the difference between right and wrong. Throughout my life, the use of reason has had a much broader application. In...
The leading issue of this election season seems to be attacks on American Democracy and its most sacrosanct institutions, including the U.S Constitution. This is a document every educated person my age understands as the Number 1 Guarantor of each...
