In the United States, the decision to get married is made by two individuals, but the marriage is imbedded in community. In the company of family and friends, the couple makes a statement of love, commitment, caring and endurance. They ...Read more
Everybody’s worried about Pakistan and Afghanistan, and that includes me. Should America have a military presence there at all? What’s the point if we’re after Al Qaeda, and Al Qaeda isn’t a nation and can just keep moving to new ...Read more
The Bush-43 tax cuts are due to expire automatically on January 1, 2011. In the midst of huge and escalating deficits, this is one area in which activists President Obama and his Democrat Congress appear content to remain passive. So ...Read more
“Let There Be Peace on Earth, and Let It Begin with Me” became my favorite hymn when one of my neighbors and best friends sang it on 9/11 at a candlelight vigil. Some 500 people joined in singing it together ...Read more
Fifty-five years ago this month, people from around the world listened and reacted to Bertrand Russell’s public announcement of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto. (See “Remembering Our Humanity” for the full text of the manifesto.) This was his first step in advancing ...Read more
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