This column first ran in the News & Observer of Raleigh on November 8, 1998. The coarsening and dumbing down… Read Article →

After the last key member of the Grateful Dead, guitarist Bob Weir, died last week at the age of 78,… Read Article →

For too many Decembers, I told myself while decorating our tree that I really ought to re-read the gospels –… Read Article →

So sad to hear that Bob Weir has, as he would put it, checked-out. I’ve been a Deadhead since I… Read Article →

Helen Andrews has been receiving wide, and deserved, attention for her recent essay “The Great Feminization.” Here’s my 2004 column… Read Article →

The U.S. aerial strike against Iran was conducted under such unique circumstances that it offers as many questions as lessons…. Read Article →

Americans are usually an optimistic people – except when it comes to our country’s future. Right-track/wrong-track surveys have long found… Read Article →

In their upside down, Alice-in-Wonderland version of reality, the left has a point when they cast George Orwell as a… Read Article →

The Department of Government Efficiency noticed a snag: the sign-in button on the IRS homepage wasn’t where it ought to… Read Article →

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. The quote attributed to Joseph Stalin has become… Read Article →