Yes, Virginia… by Mark Alexander

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” —George Washington (1790)

Have you read the most widely republished column ever written?

Over the years, we have benefited from the wisdom and guidance of those who are among the most widely syndicated editorial writers and analysts in America. No, not Ann Landers or Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby), but William Buckley, Walter Williams, Cal Thomas, and others who were instrumental in our launch of The Patriot Post online 28 years ago.

But the question is not about the most widely syndicated columnists, but the most widely republished column.

A few years ago, syndicated columnists were surveyed on the question of the best newspaper columns ever written. The winner was Ernie Pyle’s “The Death of Captain Waskow,” written in January 1944. Pyle was World War II’s “G.I. Journalist,” and 15 months after publishing that column, he was killed while covering the Army’s 305th Infantry Regiment landing at Iejima, near Okinawa. …

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