There’s one element of the current campaign that really surprises me: Never in my lifetime have I seen people so…
“I pray virtually every day… and I read the Bible every week.” That was Bill Clinton speaking, in an interview…
This year we’re getting to know the presidential candidates in new and unusual ways. In the primaries, Jerry Brown and…
Who does the president think he is, the nation’s moral tutor? That was the question thrown out by columnist George…
The polls tell us the top concern of most Americans in this election year is the economy. And the top…
A few years ago, the Smithsonian museum put up a new display with Archie Bunker’s overstuffed armchair, from the famous…
Back in 1906, Hilaire Belloc ran for election for the British Parliament. As a Roman Catholic in a strongly Protestant…
Is America a democracy? Of course–most people would say, Of course. But in the Pledge of Allegiance we recite a…
On the fourth of July, the New York Times ran a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence. Readers could marvel…
Congress recently shot down a constitutional amendment that would have required the federal government to balance its budget. In essence…
