INGERSOLL: It’s Time For GOP Governors To Grow A Pair

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Greetings, Dear Reader,

I’ve been missing more days than I’d like lately and for that I humbly apologize. Been sick as all get out the last week and convalescence has taken a bit longer than expected. Getting older every day!

I’m also a father of two and soon to be three this upcoming first week of August, so it isn’t going to be much easier.

I hope to keep writing during “paternity leave” (lame!) because I’ll have the time when the baby sleeps.

In any case, let’s get on with it!

Rome. In Latin: Omnes viae Romam Ducunt. It dates back to medieval times, but the idea is much older.

Essentially it means that you could be in any satellite village, city or outpost during the height of the Roman empire, and if you traveled the roads long enough, you’d end up in Rome.

It was something I’ve been thinking deeply about lately as I navigate the history of the Catholic faith and our current political age. I’m certainly not unique in this regard.

At the end of the night last night during a networking dinner I had arranged for various conservative media outlets, one older woman asked me about the tattoo on my left arm. The mark of the Roman legion across a rather worn out gladius.

Many Marines in my generation carried the mark. Also not unique. 

One of the VIP guests mentioned she was interviewing the secretary of education soon and asked if any of us had thoughts.

Twelve hours earlier, I was standing in front of a bunch of wide-eyed Capitol Hill interns giving a rousing speech, if I do say so myself, about “going on offense” and how to do it.

Afterward, one of them asked, “What in your opinion is the most........

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