President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...

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Want Proof That We Live in Strange Times?

"It just saddens me to see so many of our strong butch women giving up their womanhood to be a man." Now there's a statement your grandmother probably wouldn't understand. It was spoken by a character on "The L Word," a lesbian soap opera on televis ...

August 21, 2006

The Digital Generation Goes Back to School

The signs are all around us -- school buses back on the streets, school supplies on display, families back in town -- the new school year is starting all over America. And as the school supplies -- we've come a long way from loose-leaf paper, number ...

August 18, 2006

No Children Allowed — No Kidding

It should seem obvious that one key determinant of a society's future prospects is its attitude toward children. The formula is quite simple -- no children . . . no future. Keep this in mind when you read the August 13, 2006 edition of The New York ...

August 17, 2006

Gratitude Without God — Just Whom Does an Atheist Thank?

Just whom does an atheist thank? That is the fascinating question addressed in philosopher Roland Aronson's article, "Thank Who Very Much?," published in the current issue of The Philosopher's Magazine. Aronson describes the problem eloquently: Liv ...

August 16, 2006

Elmo and the End of Civilization as We Know It

Joel Stein, columnist for The Los Angeles Times, thinks he has found the culprit behind our civilizational decline -- Elmo. That's right, Elmo of Sesame Street fame. "Yes, I know that children love Elmo," Stein admits, adding: "But children are idiot ...

August 16, 2006

We Are Not Alone — Orthodox Judaism and Evolution

Conservative Christians are often lampooned as the last hold-outs against the supposedly invincible theory of evolution. This is untrue on several counts. First, surveys consistently demonstrate that the vast majority of Americans reject Darwinian ev ...

August 15, 2006

Never A Harmless Affair

Matthew Stewart's book, The Courier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World, (W. W. Norton and Company, 2006), mentioned in this week's commentary, is a fascinating account of one of those rare historical events tha ...

August 15, 2006

The PC Turns 25 — A Revolutionary Anniversary

Declarations of social revolutions are often overblown. After all, the technological advances of the last two centuries include everything from the harnessing of steam engines to the promise of nanotechnology. Nevertheless, the 25th anniversary of th ...

August 14, 2006

Only in America — “Trump University”

I don't often link to The Nation, nor am I often in agreement with Nicholas von Hoffman. Nevertheless, his recent column on Trump University will brighten your weekend. It seems that Donald Trump -- known for transforming monomaniacal narcissism into ...

August 11, 2006

The Abuse and Misuse of the Puritans

Edmund Wilson once described Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln as "the worst thing to happen to Lincoln since his assassination." That acerbic comment came to mind as I read this article published in The Times [London]. This tim ...

August 10, 2006