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Ryan’s Retirement Refocuses the Election

Apr 18, 2018 • 1 Comment

Paul Ryan, a leader of exceptional decency and diligence, is leaving the House of Representatives, but his departure may help his party by refocusing the election in November. With Ryan’s retirement, the vote in November won’t be about...

Striking a Blow for Decency

Apr 18, 2018 • 0 Comments

Carping criticism of the Trump administration’s capable handling of the targeted, allied air strikes against the Syrian dictator follows a long, sad tradition in debates on US foreign policy. The Nazis were profoundly evil in World War...

Would Civilians Be Safer if We Stripped Guns from Cops?

Apr 10, 2018 • 8 Comments

The Left seldom uses the same logic on gun control that it applies to incidents of police shootings of unarmed civilians. Not even the most doctrinaire progressive suggests we should make civilians safer from police gunfire by taking guns...

Underwhelming Numbers on Gay Marriage

Apr 10, 2018 • 30 Comments

A recent headline in the Seattle Times triumphantly announced: “Seattle Area Ranks Third for Same Sex Marriages, IRS Data Show.” This meant 1% of all married couples in the Seattle area were gay or Lesbian, double the 0.48% of...

A Powerful Reminder of Arrogance and Corruption

Apr 10, 2018 • 11 Comments

The new film Chappaquiddick depicts a searing scandal that changed the course of political history. As the only surviving brother in a storied dynasty, 37-year-old Senator Ted Kennedy looked like a sure bet for the Presidency in the Summer...

PROVIDENCE AND THE PROPHET: The Meaning of Martin Luther King

Apr 5, 2018 • 10 Comments

Only four individuals in American history have ever been honored with federal holidays bearing their names: Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. Though separated by 500 years of history and...

Loving Israel Before Israel

Mar 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

In January, Vice President Mike Pence earned a rapturous response from Israel’s Knesset for an emphatic, emotional address that emphasized the unbreakable bond between America and the Jewish state. Meir Soloveichik (whose own...

Over-Heated Gun Rhetoric Works Against Reform

Mar 27, 2018 • 7 Comments

If pro-life conservatives ever claimed that supporters of Planned Parenthood had “blood on their hands”, the mainstream media would howl in protest. Why, then, do anti-gun activists who make precisely such claims about supporters of...

Passover Shows that Freedom is a Process

Mar 27, 2018 • 0 Comments

The festival of Passover, which begins this year at sundown of Good Friday, teaches that freedom is a process, not just the absence of slavery. At traditional Seder meals, participants drink four cups of wine, corresponding to the four...

Using Food for More than Delicious Nourishment

Mar 23, 2018 • 2 Comments

By Diane Medved, Ph.D. — Elise had an article to write, and only a day to write it. That’s because, like many term-paper, book, work report and article authors whose livelihood depends on their output, she loves having written,...

Why Democrats Are Suddenly Unforgiving Moralists

Mar 22, 2018 • 9 Comments

An Economist/YouGov poll asks respondents if they’d back “a presidential candidate who has done immoral acts in private life.” Surprisingly, Democrats seemed less forgiving and flexible than Republicans: A full 48% of...

For Dems, Hunting is Worse than Abortion

Mar 22, 2018 • 14 Comments

A new poll by the Economist/YouGov organization shows glaring contradictions in the way Democrats define morality. On most moral issues, Democrats, take relaxed and tolerant attitudes, with big majorities saying they accept abortion,...