United States
A Crisis of Dollars and Sense
The "dollar" bills that we routinely exchange for goods and services are not genuine constitutional dollars, but promissory notes substituting for the real...
Bad Economics & Medicine
ITEM: In an article entitled "5 Myths About Our Ailing Health-Care System" in the Washington Post for November 23, 2008, Shannon Brownlee and...
Read moreWhen God is Cast from the Altar
According to The Sun, Russia has experienced a series of murders, rapes, mutilations, and desecrations linked to Satanists. No, I did not say...
Read moreA Christmas to Remember
Christmas morning dawned gloomy and cold over the rebel camp. The low, overcast sky promised drizzle, or worse, by afternoon. The temperature, hovering...
Read moreO, Come All Ye Faithful!
The great theme of Christmas is an ancient one; it lies, indeed, at the root of our years, for it brought a before...
Read moreMan’s Upward Reach
Religion, said Bertrand Russell, is “a disease born of fear and a source of untold misery to the human race.” Russell’s opinion has...
Read moreAuto Bailout: Lemon or Lemonade?
Will the bailout of the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler — refresh the auto industry or further sour the...
Read moreU.S. Soldier Exposes Torture at Guantanamo
Marine Sgt. Heather Cerveny has exposed torture at Guantanamo, despite high-level pressure to suppress the information. Though the military initially dismissed her allegations,...
Read moreA Beacon in the Night
It is easy to see why the enchanting paintings of Thomas Kinkade have captivated millions of admirers worldwide. On his canvases, alluring scenes...
Read moreRick Warren, the CFR, and Barack Obama
Is Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the presidential inauguration purposefully driven? The news media, Evangelicals, the gay community,...
Read moreThe Gift of Giving
The illustrious Christian writer C.S. Lewis could be unequivocally grumpy about certain contemporary Christmas customs, if we judge from his essays on the...
Read moreObama Names Duncan Education Secretary
On Tuesday, President-elect Barack Obama nominated the head of the Chicago school system, Arne Duncan, to serve as education secretary for the new...
Read moreScientists Challenge Global Warming “Crisis”
Politicians and environmental militants worldwide are kicking the global-warming bandwagon into high gear, even as more and more prominent scientists are vocally challenging...
Read moreOhio Constitutional Convention Resolution Killed by Grassroots Pressure
On December 10 the Judiciary Committee of the Ohio House held a hearing on House Joint Resolution No. 8 (HJR 8), “Applying to...
Read moreSenate Report Fails to Call Guantanamo Abuse Torture
The bipartisan report on detainee torture at Guantanamo (pdf) released by the Senate Armed Services Committee on December 11 did a good job...
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