William Cinfici

A blog about good language and the optimistic discussion of Christian, conservative ideas

Monday, May 26, 2025

Memorial Day Thoughts on Sacrificing Life for Liberty

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The purpose of the observation of the federal and state holiday of Memorial Day is to remember with gratitude the sacrifice of United States...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Foreign Digest: Afghanistan, South Africa, Lebanon, and Venezuela

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Afghanistan : The Trump Administration announced last week that it is conducting a comprehensive review of the “catastrophic” Trump-Biden wi...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

The Center-Right Candidate Has Defeated the Far-Right Pro-Russian Trumpist in the Romanian Presidential Election

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The independent reformist Mayor of Bucharest, a center-right pro-European candidate, has won the Romanian presidential runoff election today...

Pennsylvania 2025 Primary Election

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Pennsylvania holds its primary elections on Tuesday, May 20. On the ballot are nominations by the Republican and Democratic parties for sat...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Germany Has a New Center-Right Chancellor

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The conservative Friedrich Merz was sworn in last week as Germany’s Chancellor, after his center-right bloc of parties formed a coalition go...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Foreign Digest: China, Canada, Australia, Romania, and Nicaragua

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China : Communist China recently seized a Vietnamese-claimed island in the Spratley Islands in the South China Sea. The islands are contest...

The Trump Administration’s Shameful UN Vote Against Condemning Russian Aggression

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A resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine passed the United Nations General Assembly last month with overwhelming support, ...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter! On this greatest Christian feast, as we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ our Redeemer, let us consider that Our Lord sac...
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Foreign Digest: France, Zimbabwe, Hungary, Georgia and the Gaza Strip

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France : The anti-migrant pro-Russian far-right French party leader was convicted and sentenced for embezzlement of European Union parliame...

Former Vice President Mike Pence to Receive the Profile in Courage Award for Fulfilling His Constitutional Duty and Standing up to Trump’s Pressure to Overturn the Election Results

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Former United States Vice President Michael Pence will receive the 2025 Profile in Courage Award. The former U.S. Representative and Govern...

More Republican and Conservative Pushback against Trump and Trumpism

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There continues to be more resistance to Donald Trump and Trumpism (the populist mix of protectionism, nativism, isolationism and imperialis...

More Christian Resistance to Trump and Trumpism

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There continues to be resistance by Christians against Donald Trump and Trumpism, the populist mix of protectionism, nativism, isolationism ...

The Worst Measles Outbreak in America in Decades

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Through vaccination, the United States had nearly eradicated the measles virus, the most contagious disease, by the early 2000s, but an incr...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Annual Blog Visit Report

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There were hundreds of visits to my blog in the last year, according to StatCounter, which has been tracking visits to my blog for 16 years,...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Foreign Digest: Gaza Strip, Armenia and Greenland

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Gaza Strip : There were protests last week against Hamas, the Iranian-backed Islamist terror organization that governs the territory. The ...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

Foreign Digest: Syria, Hungary, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Turkey, and Italy

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Syria : There were demonstrations in Syria recently both against sectarian divisions and in favor of the Russian military withdrawal from Sy...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Foreign Digest: Romania, Philippines, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greenland

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Romania : Romania last week banned the candidacy of the pro-Russian anti-migrant neo-Nazi presidential candidate who came in first in the ...
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Assurances Given by Trump Nominees as Concessions to Skeptical Republican Senators

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Several of Donald Trump’s nominees were unfit for reasons of character, inexperience or irrational views. His nominee for Attorney General ...

Foreign Digest: Russia, Romania, the Sahel, and Turkey

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Russia : Russian hackers conducted cyberattacks against Italy for a week recently, in express retaliation for the Italian President’s accur...

Abolish Daylight Saving Time, Not Standard Time

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There is widespread opposition to the twice-a-year waste of time and money to change the clocks, but there is division of whether to remain...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

Trump’s Appeasement of Russian Aggression against Ukraine Abandons U.S. Security Policy and Forfeits American Leadership of the Free World

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For the third anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine last week, Ukraine sponsored a resolution in the United Nations Gen...

Foreign Digest: Romania, Venezuela, Philippines, Brazil, Germany, Austria and Russia

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Romania : United States Vice President JD Vance, a Trumpist Republican, recently criticized Romania for overturning its presidential electio...
Monday, February 17, 2025

George Washington’s Birthday: Be Inspired by Washington to Defend the Separation of Powers

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As I do every year, I post that the United States federal holiday, which is called “George Washington’s Birthday,” is called by most States ...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Donald Trump is Making the Same Mistakes with Ukraine as He Did with Afghanistan

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Donald Trump is making the same mistakes about Ukraine as he did about Afghanistan. Just as he legitimized the Islamist terrorist-sponsorin...

Foreign Digest: Belarus, Bolivia, South Africa, Germany and Russia

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Belarus : The presidential election earlier this month in Belarus was a farce, as the opposition had boycotted it because of restrictions ...
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About Me

The Definitive Word
I am a published historian, conservative activist and public servant. My historical publications include a chapter entitled "The Aftermath," in Lepanto by G.K. Chesterton and The Centennial History of Holy Rosary Parish: 1904-2004 Reading, PA. My political writings have also been published, including in National Review. I serve on the Board of Directors of the Italian-American Cultural Center of Pennsylvania. I was elected a Reading School Director in 2005, serving until 2009, and then was appointed to the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy in 2013, earning a reputation as a fiscal conservative and reformer. I was appointed to the Reading Planning Commission in 2014 and elected Chairman in 2017. I served as Chairman of Reading's Home Rule Charter Commission from 2019-2020; amendments the Commission proposed were enacted that protected the Separation of Powers.
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