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This past weekend, an historian remarked that the twentieth century in America will be divided into two eras. The first…
Twenty years ago, the New Republic, in an editorial about the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, noted the many injustices suffered…
Two hundred eighty-two members of the House and sixty-four senators voted to ban partial-birth abortion, a grotesque procedure in which…
Last week, headlines proclaimed that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had “upheld” Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. What actually happened,…
The families were glad to have their soldier sons safely home from Iraq—but the soldiers themselves were angry. “We should…
Three years ago, director Garry Marshall gave us what I called an “amusing coming-of-age story that celebrates, not twisted visions,…
Dan Brown’s historical thriller The Da Vinci Code has now reached its sixtieth week on the bestseller list with more…
Earlier this month, I told you about the Kabbalah craze that has enthralled Hollywood. Celebrities like Madonna have become outspoken…
The same-sex “marriages” taking place in Massachusetts are a perfect example of the breakdown of the rule of law in…