9 political cartoons jab Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines

Euphemisms distort thought, and no entities are more adept at producing euphemisms than governments. President Donald Trump’s rebranding of the Department of Defense as the Department of War is a worthy blow against government euphemism. Perhaps it can be followed by clearer thinking about the military’s role at home and abroad.

The police officer held an AR-style rifle as he stood against a streetlight pole on the busy sidewalk. He quietly watched people walk past him during a heavily crowded festival Saturday in my Indiana city.

My sister and her guy just returned from Portugal after their second big travel venture of the year. I asked, naturally, "How was it?"