opinion

Last Saturday, at 11 o’clock in the evening, the House of Representatives voted by a five vote margin to have the federal government manage the health care of every American at a cost of $1 trillion dollars over the next ten years. For the first time in American history, if …

When religious-inspired terrorists use the Web to spread hatred it falls to religious leaders to respond by building bridges. But our efforts will fail unless misguided politicians refuse to stop cloaking the enemies of humanity behind a shroud of dangerous and false political correctness..

We are treated to daily pictures of Syrian troops massacring women and children in the most brutal fashion, while some world powers wring their hands and others turn a blind eye. There is a compelling humanitarian case to stop the slaughter. But in so doing, there is also a rare …

I wanted to like the movie because I love the book. Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller, “Unbroken,” is a classic. While I had heard reports that the turning point in the book never made it to film, I attended a pre-release screening with an open mind. Audiences are told “Unbroken” is a …

With the possible exception of cosmetic plastic surgery and dermatology, the world of medicine involves managing imperfection rather than aspiring to perfection, staving off the pathology of illness and death as long as possible, not worshiping a transcendent ideal. We doctors know too much to worship a perfect body. The …

Last weekend, participants in the 17 European nations that use the common currency, the euro, reached agreement to more strictly control government deficits. As excessive borrowing caused the credit crisis in Italy and other Mediterranean states, the purpose was to calm investor fears about the ability of those governments to …

The theologian, Carl F. H. Henry, pronounced a prophetic call a generation ago when he said, “The Barbarians are coming.” He spoke not of foreign armies invading our land but of generations rising up who would have little regard for God. As America celebrates 234 years since the signing of …

The victory against holding the 9/11 terror trial in Manhattan is evidence that what happened in Massachusetts didn’t stay there. New York is having its own Boston Tea Party. Politicians–beware. The public is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Just as Bay State voters shocked the …

Anyone who thinks that Elena Kagan as a nominee for the Supreme Court is a replacement for Justice Stevens is dreaming. President Obama went for a choice that he knew would make it through the confirmation process. He wanted someone who would not ruffle too many of the feathers of …

It’s in the press again. I search to find out the context of the word. I see debates all over the Web, people bemoaning the “politically correct” and the “word police” and making ridiculous claims about having to ban the concept of a “fire retardant.” Last I looked there’s never …