The state of Oregon makes staggering profits by urging citizens to squander their money on Powerball, Megabucks, scratch tickets, Keno and especially, video machines. Those machines provide 86% of the state’s gambling revenue, and The...
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It’s not surprising that the well-crafted Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire ignited the box office with its $161 million opening, but it does come as a shock that some outspoken conservatives have embraced the movie for perceived...
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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library asked notable Americans—including Presidents Carter, Bush (41), Clinton and Obama, Sandra Day O’Connor, Colin Powell and Steven...
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A vote to roll back insurance regulations of the Affordable Care Act may represent the most decisive turning point of the Obama presidency. Thirty-nine Democrats—more than a fifth of all Democrats in the House—joined united Republicans...
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A disturbing study from Pew Research Center offers the most detailed portrait of Jewish Americans in 20 years and shows a community with fraying connections to its traditions. Asked to select what’s “an essential part of being...
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On the anniversary of John Kennedy’s death, Americans should feel grateful that it’s been fifty years since any president has died in office. By contrast, in the 120 years before Kennedy, our sitting chief executives perished far...
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Former Newsweek reporter Susan Katz Miller suggests that modern families shouldn’t limit their children to a single binding faith. As a guest on my radio show, she discussed her book BEING BOTH: EMBRACING TWO RELIGIONS IN ONE INTERFAITH...
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In the ongoing quarrel between the so-called Republican establishment and Tea Party activists, some pro-business groups are now threatening primary challenges against members of Congress aligned with the Tea Party. This destructive...
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The recent gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey produced very different results for the Republican nominees, but exit polling showed identical patterns when it came to electoral divisions based on education level. In both states,...
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For forty years, Republican operatives have been consistently frustrated in their energetic and well-funded efforts to win the support of Jewish voters for their presidential candidates. Looking toward the first battle of the post-Obama...
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Mounting fury over nationwide insurance cancellations does far more serious damage to Obamacare than does a dysfunctional website. Already, millions have received notices terminating insurance policies because new federal regulations...
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Actor Sean Penn says the final solution for “Tea Party influence on Congress” would be “committing them by executive order” to insane asylums. The two-time Oscar winner told CNN that he felt compassion for leaders like Ted Cruz...
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