Category: Reflections

My local paper tells me in glaring black headlines that “Violence in France is slowing.” Good news – I read on. I find that this …

NORTH POLE – In response to Denmark’s announcement in October 2004 that it was exploring the possibility of claiming the North Pole as part of …

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of several civil-rights organizations, claiming that a …

Like many, I’ve been intrigued by the proliferation of quality wines from the newer growing areas of the world. So when I saw an interesting …

The battle between bourgeois and bohemian was probably the longest-running vaudeville comedy act in Western history, each thwacking the other with rolled-up newspapers for about …

The reports of God’s death, written by Nietzsche, Darwin, Marx, and others in the 19th century, were, in Mark Twain’s immortal phrase, greatly exaggerated. God …

So I guess we’re supposed to accept the view that Chechen terrorists took 700 hostages in Moscow because of their hatred of Russia’s freedom and …

Richard Reid tried to sneak a bomb on an airplane in his shoes. Now every day thousands of Americans are forced to remove their shoes …

Nearly four decad~safter the death of John F. Kennedy, the men appointed to protect his reputation finally allowed a scholar limited access to his medical …

– The funeral service for Sen. Paul Wellstone commanded thousands of Democratic activists and faithful from throughout Minnesota and beyond. Many Republican commentators found it …