Category: Features

My late father, a lifelong Democrat, sometimes to an absurd degree, told me two stories about presidents that illustrate why the current Democratic president is …

Throughout this summer, Democrats were groaning and Republicans were crowing over President Obama’s miserable performance in the polls. Certainly Obama had no reason to celebrate …

It happened a long time ago, right before my children began pretending they had no parents, that they had been raised by wolves, like Kipling’s …

After spending many years in the libertarian movement, I’m enormously pleased to know that it has grown so large and that it continues to attract …

Humans come into the world ignorant. We make a good effort at digging ourselves out of our pit of ignorance by accumulating knowledge through experience …

I admit it. Back in the ’60s I went to Columbia University and emerged as a modern liberal. I had a belief in government by …

“Get Low” is about as close to perfect as a movie can get. It has mystery, romance, danger, comedy, beautiful cinematography, great characterization, and a …

Recently I came across the MSNBC.com headline “ ‘Double Dippers’ could enable what they fear.” Aha, I thought, this truculent news website is finally tackling …

Watching the way in which the mainstream media treats issues is a source of endless fascination. To say that the established media are biased to …

According to an AP story, researchers have discovered that in all probability lines in emergency rooms will get longer as the new national healthcare plan …