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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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Harriet Miers Withdraws — The Big Lesson

The withdrawal of Harriet Miers as a nominee to the United States Supreme Court brings an end to one of the most awkward and confusing chapters in the history of the high court. Furthermore, it avoids a nasty confrontation and the possibility of emba ...

October 27, 2005

Rosa Parks and the Burden of History

In his massive work, A History of the American People, British historian Paul Johnson observed that American history raises some of the most fundamental questions of meaning and morality. The first question Johnson identified was whether a nation can ...

October 26, 2005

Why “Spirituality” Isn’t Enough — Take Two

My commentary published yesterday, "Why Isn't 'Spirituality' Enough," included a look at what professor Leigh E. Schmidt of Princeton University now proposes -- an affirmation of "spirituality" as an antidote of sorts to what he sees as overly-dogmat ...

October 25, 2005

Edinburgh University and the “Discriminatory” Bible

The University of Edinburgh now plans to ban the Bible -- from distribution in the dorms at least.  As The Times [London] reports: Edinburgh University is set to ban Bibles from its student halls of residence amid concern that the Holy Book is "disc ...

October 24, 2005

John Keegan on Saddam — Judgment at Nuremberg

John Keegan is one of the world's greatest living military historians. That's what makes his take on the trial of Saddam Hussein so interesting [see article]. Keegan argues that Saddam should meet the same fate as the Nazi war criminals. In his wo ...

October 24, 2005

The Bicentennial Of Nelson’s Victory at Trafalgar

"England expects that every man will do his duty." -- Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's call to battle, October 21, 1805. Today marks the bicentennial of Britain's victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain at the Battle of Trafalgar. History ...

October 21, 2005

Evangelicals Need Not Apply?

Just a few days ago, the Air Force announced that it had withdrawn a set of newly-issued guidelines that allowed chaplains to evangelize non-affiliated Air Force personnel. The Associated Press reported that the Air Force rescinded the guidelines in ...

October 21, 2005

Shifting Ground on the Abortion Issue?

Columnist Richard Cohen of The Washington Post now admits that he has grave doubts about abortion. In a fascinating opinion column published in today's edition of the Post, Cohen recounts his experience of arranging an abortion for a friend of a frie ...

October 20, 2005

Young Americans — A Generation of Doped-Up Kids

The use of psychotropic drugs, sleeping pills, and other pharmaceuticals among the very young continues to expand. Americans use 90% of all Ritalin prescribed throughout the world. Increasing numbers of children are taking powerful drugs. Are we c ...

October 20, 2005

Scared Yet? Britons Seek Fetus-Derived Treatments

From The Independent [London]: Britons desperate to halt the ageing process are being injected with the stem cells of aborted foetuses at a clinic that charges £15,000 for a controversial new cosmetic treatment. Despite warnings from biologists in th ...

October 19, 2005