OPINIONJuly 20, 2019Robert Charles: Moon landing showed impossible was possible as it united worldThe notion of getting three men to the moon, entering lunar orbit, descending with two in a spider-like module, and returning to Earth was more than novel. It seemed like science fiction.
OPINIONJuly 4, 2019Robert Charles: Trump’s Salute to America is great way to celebrate Independence DayPresident Trump’s Fourth of July Salute to America includes displays of military hardware – tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, and a combat aircraft flyover. Too much? Many in the liberal media think so, but what do average Americans think? I think they understand.
OPINIONJune 20, 2019Robert Charles: Supreme Court speaks on Peace Cross -- Memorial crosses may stand, thank God!Public monuments do not compel anything. They simply show respect for those honored.
OPINIONJune 18, 2019Robert Charles: Time to close Guantanamo Bay? Democrats will say yes but I say, don’t even think of itShould the United States shut down the Navy’s Guantanamo Bay Cuba detention facility, currently holding more than 40 hardened enemy combatants?
OPINIONJune 3, 2019Robert Charles: I talked with a D-Day vet -- Here's why you need to do so, tooOn the anniversary of D-Day, let's remember the burden of knowledge earned by the American boys and men who fought for our freedom that day.
OPINIONMay 31, 2019Robert Charles: Mueller’s been showboating – Time for Senate Judiciary Committee to ask him these questionsAs a prosecutor who styles himself detached, dispassionate and above reproach, Robert Mueller has become a political bomb thrower. There is no other way to describe his behavior. After Wednesday’s press conference, the Senate Judiciary Committee should call him to testify and ask hard questions.
OPINIONMay 28, 2019Robert Charles: I’m a conservative who was asked to speak at Dartmouth -- It’s incredible what happened nextA lifelong conservative and an alum, I was invited to speak on campus this month opposite a Democratic National Convention Committee “political operative,” another alum.
OPINIONMay 20, 2019Robert Charles: Abortion deeply divides America -- Here's why the debate is suddenly front and center againAbortion deeply divides Americans. The topic can hardly be raised, without eliciting emotional responses against and for. Since Roe v. Wade, a 1973 Supreme Court decision barring states from restricting abortion, the issue has become overtly political. Now, something new is afoot. The issue seems headed for the Supreme Court – again.
OPINIONMay 8, 2019Robert Charles: China tried to influence our elections in 1996 – there are lessons for us todayWhen China tried to influence our election in 1996 the reaction in Congress was quite different than the reaction today dealing with Russia's election interference in 2016.
OPINIONMay 7, 2019Robert Charles: Trump is responding decisively to Iran’s aggression and terrorismIn response to Iran’s increasingly bellicose foreign policy, which extends from military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to civil war in Yemen, terrorist attacks on regional American allies to supporting Hamas in dropping 600 rockets on Israel this week, the Trump Administration has squeezed the Iranian economy.