We have to talk about the trans issue. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox appeared on several leading Sunday morning news programs this past weekend, and we need t...
Every generation has its own formative moments. In just a few generations, the prominent memories shifted from “Remember the Alamo” to “Remember Pearl...
For decades now, leading American conservatives have accused the political left of being soft on crime. This charge against the political left in the ...
Committee hearings and meetings of the U.S. Senate are often routine and uneventful, but one hearing this week turned into something truly consequenti...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The current issue of Christianity Today offers an interesting cover story entitled, "The Case for Kids." Written by Leslie Leyland Fields, the article also features a fascinating subtitle -- "A defense of the large family by a 'six time breeder.'" M ...
The Boston Globe offers a frightening view of marriage in the eyes of young African-Americans. The article is haunting as it reveals the bleak view of marriage held by these young people: ``I'm not looking forward to marriage," says Nakeeda Burns , ...
The exploding controversy over Tour de France winner Floyd Landis raises all the big questions about athletics, character, integrity, and human enhancement. The final disposition of the case is still pending, but the question of doping, the use of ho ...