“Trump’s speech in Poland hit the right balance between tradition and innovation”

Nobody who’s paid much attention to this blog for any length of time will mistake me for an enthusiastic fan of Donald J. Trump.  I am, as I’ve been at pains to point out, a serious political conservative with libertarian leanings, and he’s . . .  well, let’s leave it at that.

But I also don’t suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome.

For instance, I really like his Supreme Court appointment, Judge Gorsuch.  And Mr. Trump has recruited, or allowed his handlers to recruit, some good people, who seem to be doing some good things.

I particularly like the speechwriter for his recent remarks in Warsaw, as does my friend and colleague Ralph Hancock:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865684593/Trumps-speech-in-Poland-hit-the-right-balance-between-tradition-and-innovation.html

While I don’t ignore its flaws and its dark patches, and while I’m an enthusiastic student and expounder of a major non-Western tradition, I’m also convinced that, on balance, Western civilization has been a very, very good thing for humanity.

Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii