In Government, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
In politics, it seems, nothing succeeds like failure. The most successful men in American political history are its most spectacular failures. Consider that...
Culture
When ‘Elvis’ McCormack Has Left the Building
On Saturday, November 7, an important three hours were spent at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester....
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Archaelogists Uncover Ancient Persian Army
Give Herodotus his due: the fifth-century B.C. Greek historian had a far better understanding of the history of his age than many modern...
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Vatican Considers ET Possibility
CBS News reported on November 11 that Pope Benedict is considering the possibility of extraterrestrial life, which is an attempt to bridge the...
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Myths of “Rights” Are Wrong.
The United States Supreme Court is not the only place where you can find words turned into silly putty and ambiguity derived from...
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HHS Promotes Embryo Donation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently awarded $2.18 million in grants to launch a public awareness campaign about...
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Maine Rejects Same-sex Marriage
As Maine goes, so stands Rhode Island. Until yesterday, tiny Rhode Island was the only one of the six New England states to...
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Yes, It Was An Honor Killing
Noor Faleh Almaleki, the 20-year-old Iraqi woman whose father ran over her in a Jeep, has died. ...
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Abortion Ultrasound Causes Local Planned Parenthood Director to Quit
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and the ultrasound images of a baby being aborted spoke a silent “change of heart”...
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Personal Thoughts About Last Things
November is the month of the dead — dead leaves, dead saints, the dear, dead friends and neighbors we like to call the...
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The Marathon Man
Four countries. Thirty cities. More than 60,000 miles. Almost 50 different flights. Around the world — from Chicago to Chicago — in just...
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Rifqa Bary in Danger Again
Now that Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old Christian girl who fled her Muslim parents because she feared her father would kill her, has been...
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Nazis & Communists: Ideological Bedfellows
Benito Mussolini has an infamous place in modern history, as well he should. Nearly everyone knows Mussolini as the dictator of Fascist Italy...
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HBO Laughs While Larry David Urinates on Image of Christ
Try to wrap your head around the hell that would break loose if the following scenario were true: The American lead character on...
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Same-sex Marriage on Ballot in Maine
"As Maine goes, so goes the nation," was a popular saying in the days when Maine voted before the rest of the nation...
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