Many Americans understandably are concerned about the Bush administration's proposed Terrorist Information Prevention System, a program to

Many Americans understandably are concerned about the Bush administration's proposed Terrorist Information Prevention System, a program to
February 6, 2004 -- Today is the birthday of a great man who, tragically, doesn’t know it. Ronald Reagan is 93 years old, but Alzheimer’s...
On September 11, the metaphor of the war of ideas between rational civilization and tribalist barbarism became literal description...
October 3, 2003 -- A group of Southern Methodist University students recently taught a lesson in practical philosophy better than those they
Whether one favors the war against Iraq or not, one's attitude towards the United Nations' role is a revealing Rorschach test; those with
July 7, 2005 -- On July 7, hundreds of Londoners were killed or injured in vicious terrorist attacks, and Islamists—the same death-worshipin
April 18, 2005 -- On April 13, the House of Representatives voted to permanently repeal the Estate Tax. More accurately described as the
Unfortunately, every Earth Day, even politicians who are not generally known as tree-huggers feel they must pander to the degenerate values
January 4, 2007 -- Saddam Hussein is deservedly dead, hanged as the heinous criminal he was. But the process by which justice was
April 14, 2005 -- As we rush to meet the April 15 deadline to file our tax returns, many fail to realize that those 1040 forms do more than just make us all personally poorer. The tax code is a principal instrument that creates and sustains the politicized, partisan, uncivil, contentious conflict society that so many bemoan.
President Barack Obama took office promoting the need for the country in general—and policy-makers in particular—to overcome petty
Now that Secretary of State Colin Powell’s mission to break the Israeli-Palestinian impasse has failed, the only peace plan that remains on
April 3, 2001 -- Last week, Congress began holding hearings on human cloning. Given the highly charged debate that human cloning is likely
June 12, 2002 -- In my Harvard University apartment, overlooking the serene Charles River, I grieve for the Israelis who were murdered last
October 18, 2001 -- “Manifest Destiny” is the term originally created by John L. O’Sullivan in the 1840s to describe America's westward...
October 18, 2001 -- The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on October 10 to three economists whose work might have
October 16, 2001 -- As Congress prepares to pass a new security bill and America faces a terrible and insidious threat, there is no more
"Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately
Greg Hitt and Jeanne Cummings wrote on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (September 26, 2001): "In just two weeks, the terrorist....
The final figures are in. According to Isabelle Dubois-Costes of General Funeral Services in France, the death toll in the country's summer