People often ask me where I get my information about politics and much else, but it's easier to say where I don't get it.

Television is one such place, since about all I watch on it is sports and old movies.

Along these lines, I've always been amused by critics who claim I regurgitate Fox News talking points because I've never seen a Fox News program and haven't watched any TV news at all since before Fox existed. I don't even flip through channels to get returns on election nights, preferring to go to bed no later than usual and find out what happened in the morning.

I've also never had anything to do with social media of any kind, never been on Facebook, and am depressed by the thought that so many young people get their news from such unsavory sources.

For what it's worth, I never watch podcasts and don't have a clue what Instagram or Chat whatever happens to be, and don't care that I don't.

All of which leaves reading--books, magazines, and newspapers.

When growing up, my family, like most others, subscribed to newspapers, and I've done so ever since; these days, besides the Democrat-Gazette, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Along with the newspapers and the morning coffee (and after the sports pages, of course) comes perusal of, among others, National Review (which........

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