Solzhenitsyn Dead, Lessons Remain
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author of The Gulag Archipelago, has died at the age of 89. Happily he lived to see the end of the Soviet regime …
Op-Ed Blog
Obama on Oil
Barack Obama’s grasp on what’s needed in a national energy policy is rather tenuous, as his recent statements demonstrate. First the good: "Breaking our oil …
Obama: No Slavery Reparations
No presidential candidate running in a competitive campaign would dare stake out a position in favor of giving reparations to the ancestors of African slaves …
Wal-Mart and Unions
The Wall Street Journal says that Wal-Mart is getting the word out to employees that electing Barack Obama would be bad for business and increase …
Crime / Society / Stupidity / Technology
CyberPunks, an Apt Name
Mattathias Schwartz’s article in the NY Times magazine serves as a brief peek into the anarchic world of Internet trolls and hackers, people who are …
So Close to Understanding
As in the conservative camp, there are smart liberals and dumb ones. When I encounter one of the former, my usual reaction is horror at …
Church Shootings Sad, Indicative
Sunday’s shooting at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church was an event that proves even the places that are most sacred to us are not inviolable, …
Birth Control Rules
Following on to yesterday’s piece about birth (and death) control, here’s more from ABC News: The Department of Health and Human Services draft proposal, which …
Birth and Death Control
Hillary Clinton writes that the Bush Administration’s impending clampdown on access to birth control and "morning after" pills is outrageous interference in the lives of …
Energy / France / Middle East
Nuclear Power, Waste, and Theft
William Tucker, author of the forthcoming book "Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Can Lead the Green Revolution and End America’s Long Energy Odyssey", says that …