The war over values in America has been officially declared. The first shot was fired by Dan Quayle, in his…
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Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Watergate, and friends have urged me to tell my favorite Watergate story. I call…
Times are when you do something wrong, and are dogged by guilt for years afterward. Well, I want to tell…
Not long ago, Congress passed–and President Bush signed–a transportation bill that’s just the ticket for solving some of our nation’s…
This is a 1992 version of A Tale of Two Cities. And this is one with a moral lesson as…
If you’ve been listening to this program recently, you know that a few months ago I published a book with…
The warning came a full ten years ago. “Don’t push me,” sang the rapper, ” ’cause I’m close to the…
Imagine you are a surgeon who mends broken bones. Imagine you work with power tools–saws and drills–that send a fine…