Category: Reflections

No, I’m not responsible for this terrible war. I don’t study foreign affaIrS, I don’t write about foreign affairs, and I didn’t recommend that we …

After many months of background maneuvering, the federal government has finally indicted baseball player Barry Bonds. Not for steroid use or for injecting himself with …

Well known fashion model Gisele Bundchen announced recently that she would no longer accept her day rate in U.S. dollars. Sounding like a currency trader, …

In a previous reflection, I noted that the environmentalists’ favorite fuel – ethanol – . has an unintended adverse consequence. It jacks up the price …

I was in a meeting with European journalists on a foundation-sponsored tour of the United States. It was a generally placid group until the subject …

Ed Henry has reported for CNN that, according to a soon-to-be-released book based on off-the-record talks, former President Gerald Ford thought that former President Bill …

After John Kerry embarrassed himself with a crack about the soldiers in Iraq, many remembered how grateful they were the day he lost his bid …

The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 11) reports that there are more Asian students on our college campuses than are warranted by the percentage of Asians …

Certain recent events indicate that Congress may finally be discovering the virtues of transparency. First, Rep. John Boehner has gotten the House of Representatives to …

Regarding the recent spate of school shootings: why is it that the media are (or pretend to be) the last to understand copycat crimes that …