Category: Reflections

This January in Chicago, the thermometer climbed to almost 60 degrees. The sun was out, and we had a beautiful, premature spring day. It was …

It’s typical of the behavior of this administration that when the Vice President managed to shoot somebody, it was by accident and it was a …

The Internet offers a wealth of information, much of it bogus. Thoroughly reliable resources, such as snopes.com, devoted to verifying or debunking urban legends, or …

On Dec. 5, three Democratic representatives wrote a letter supporting the importation and domestic sale of drugs manufactured under “compulsory license.” Compulsory license is a …

As this issue goes to press, Sam Alito is being questioned by the Senate judiciary committee. Predictably, several senators have asked for the nominee’s thoughts …

ROME – After 30 prominent theologians who met in the Vatican in December agreed that it’s time for the Roman Catholic doctrine of limbo to …

One of the reasons I’ve heard for continuing the Amtrak subsidy is that passenger rail saves energy. Why does anyone think that running empty passenger …

In signing the Defense Appropriations bill that contained the McCain antitorture amendment, the president proclaimed that “The executive branch shall construe … [the section of …

Your cell phone records are available to anyone, online, for a fee! On Jan. 12, AmericaBlog had a post entitled 1 / AmericaBlog just bought …

I strongly support efficient urban transit systems, but transit officials seem intent on giving people more reasons not to ride transit: • In Denver, a …