“Gay Marriage” Bandwagon Rolls Through New England
California still has its wildfires, but New England now has “gay marriage.” Bills establishing same-sex “marriage” have now been passed by legislatures in...
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Katie Couric, Walter Cronkite, and Journalism
In less than half a century since Newton Minnow, then the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, called television “a vast wasteland,” the...
Faithfulness of Women in Passion Narratives
The women’s basketball team at the University of Connecticut has done more than go undefeated and win the NCAA basketball championship again this...
Musings on St. Patrick’s Day
When did we Irish begin migrating to America? Well, when were the Irish not here might be a better question. Whether truth or...
Roland Burris Goes From the Frying Pan into the Fire
Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse for Illinois Sen. Roland Burris, it got worse. The state's governor and its...
Counting the Cost of the Census
It is "the biggest White House power grab ever," Sean Hannity declared on his Fox News talk show, reacting to the announcement from...
Barack Obama: a Modern-day Julius Caesar?
An aged volume of ancient history (Ancient and Medieval History by Hayes and Moon, 1929) describes how some of Julius Caesar's countrymen came...
New Hampshire May Adopt Seat Belt Law
Legislators in the “Live Free or Die” state may soon trade a bit of their citizens’ independence for a pot of gold from...
Judd Gregg: Not “a Good Fit” for Obama
It wasn’t as expensive as one of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens’ public works projects, but the strange alliance between President Barack Obama...
Senator-designate Newman: Blank Slate
The 63-year-old woman who will soon become the newest member of the U.S. Senate has a blank slate on political issues, despite a...
Judd Gregg and Bipartisanship
Bipartisanship, like budget deficits, was breaking out all over when President Barack Obama named U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) as his choice for...
How the Republicans Blew It
For the last eight years, the Republicans have rivaled the Democrats in making government bigger, costlier, and more intrusive. Now they have paid...
That’s “Comrade Bush” According to Chavez
If Hugo Chavez, the Marxist president of Venezuela, has his way, the legacy of President George W. Bush will be that he brought...
Biden as Backup
Although U.S. Senator Joe Biden appears to be a "safe" choice as a running mate for presidential candidate Barack Obama, he may prove...
Alan Keyes Still Running for President
Alan may have the Keyes to victory, but it may be a while before he finds a way to unlock the door to...