May 13, 2022, 6:01am Columns
To the Honorable Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: Read story
May 11, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Political seers confidently insist that Democrats are going to lose big in the upcoming midterms. On one hand, they may be right. On the other, they don’t really know. Read story
May 11, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Opposing racism should be a no-brainer. But getting rid of historic remnants of racism can be complicated, expensive and may take more time and assistance than one might think. Read story
May 10, 2022, 6:01am Columns
After four years in the U.S. Navy and, in the decades since, a steady consumption of modern American media — books, movies, television, the internet — I assumed that I was effectively inoculated — with boosters! — from any shock that a chance encounter with the F-word might produce. Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:03am Columns
The Supreme Court draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade raises just as many arguments and counterarguments as the original ruling that Justice Samuel Alito excoriated in his opinion, leaked this week to Politico. Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:01am Columns
I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on between the woke left and the anti-woke right, it seems clear that there will be no winners, only losers. Those losers… Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:01am Columns
So let’s talk about That Word. Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx communism. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs,” the historical figure said by way of summation in 1875, and… Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:01am Columns
Recently I was up in Victoria, British Columbia, at the city hall there, and I noticed a plaque outside the front doors, looking like it didn’t belong there because it was mounted on a pedestal. Read story
May 8, 2022, 6:02am Columns
Is it worth it? Is it defensible? Do the ends justify the means? Read story
