Robert Reilly was Senior Advisor for Information Strategy (2002-2006) for the U.S. Secretary of Defense, after which he taught at National Defense University. He was the director of the Voice of America (2001-2002) and served in the White House as a Special Assistant to the President (1983-1985). A graduate of Georgetown University and the Claremont Graduate University, he writes widely on “war of ideas” issues, foreign policy and classical music. He is author, most recently, of Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything (Ignatius Press, 2014).
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the “Juneteenth National Independence Day Act,” establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. There are several odd things about this seemingly anodyne action. I first should say, however, that it…