December 10, 2001 -- In 1897, Virginia O'Hanlon wrote to The New York Sun: “I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Sant
Ancient philosophers like Aristotle maintained that we create the most important thing in life for ourselves—our moral character. When
Recently, the U.S. Senate voted 78-15 to give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco as a drug. The...
we celebrate the creation of the United States of America. Our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, reads, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal.
January 1, 2001 -- "Is civilization really going down the tube?" asked New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman in an article entitled...
April 3, 2001 -- Human life begins at conception. Biologically speaking, human life begins when a cell with 23 pairs of chromosomes capable
Faced with the high costs of malpractice insurance and bogus lawsuits, plus onerous government regulations and mountains of bureaucratic....
April 14, 2004 -- Americans celebrate July 4 with pride as the day we gained our independence. However, we should lament April 15—tax day—as the day that too many of us all too willingly surrender our liberty and opportunities in life. Here's why. All free individuals want to run their own lives. When we leave the loving protection of our parents, we should express our love for those who raised us by acting as independent adults. As grown men and women, we should look forward to the challenge of discovering and creating the goals and purposes that will give us joy in life; of acquiring the knowledge and skills we need to make a living; and of earning the resources necessary to realize our dreams.
September 4, 2001 -- Last Friday, public broadcasting stations across the country aired the last original episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. After 33 years, the series finished neither with a bang nor with a syrupy-sweet ending, but rather with Fred Rogers's trademark closing—"see you next time"—promising to return to television next week. And he will, of course—with about 1,000 episodes from the past three decades already canned, Rogers's neighborhood will be a staple for yet another generation of developing minds. Last Friday's episodes are no exception; producers plan on working them into the mix alongside his other vintage episodes.
January 31, 2002 -- “Thirty million Americans a year go to circuses with animal acts,” a stony-faced Peter Jennings told his ABC News
March 28, 2003 -- American Muslims must be feeling despair over the news that Asam Akbar, a sergeant serving in Kuwait and an American
McWorld, claims in a Washington Post interview (November 6, 2001) that it is not the United States’ involvement in Saudi Arabia or support o
November 7, 2001 -- In 1941, with Hitler’s war machine furiously hacking Western civilization to bits, George Orwell famously observed that
July 25, 2001 -- This week, people will travel inexpensively from all over the globe to Genoa, Italy—to protest the policies that made their
May 14, 2004 -- Most Americans have reacted to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners with the same shock, outrage, and disgust that Iraqis themselves
October 21, 2003 -- Osama bin Laden's latest screed threatens further attacks "inside and outside the United States" and goes on to name
February 1, 2004 -- Some 30 to 40 thousand years ago, human beings began making images in caves like Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in southern France
April 28, 2004--Although the government of North Korea now spins a different story, both initial Korean reports and American satellite photographs suggest that the devastating explosion on April 22 in Ryongchon, North Korea, was an eerie replay of the Taggart Tunnel train crash in Ayn Rand 's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged . In Rand's novel, an incipient fascist dictatorship in America is stopped in its tracks when the “men of the mind,” the intelligent businessmen, go on strike. In Atlas Shrugged , as in Ryongchon, the hobbling of human minds by dictatorship brought about a return to the ancient technology of open-fire steam locomotives. In both, the immediate cause of the explosion was the collision between an open-fire steam locomotive and a train carrying explosive materials. In Rand 's novel, the diesel engine that could have prevented the explosion was diverted to pull the private train of politician Chick Morrison. In Ryongchon, the diesel engine was used to pull the private train of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.
It's a typical 3-H Washington, D.C. summer: hazy, hot and humid. And with small variations, the rest of the country...
December 10, 2001 -- In 1897, Virginia O'Hanlon wrote to The New York Sun: “I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Sant
Ancient philosophers like Aristotle maintained that we create the most important thing in life for ourselves—our moral character. When
Recently, the U.S. Senate voted 78-15 to give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco as a drug. The...
we celebrate the creation of the United States of America. Our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, reads, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal.
January 1, 2001 -- "Is civilization really going down the tube?" asked New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman in an article entitled...
April 3, 2001 -- Human life begins at conception. Biologically speaking, human life begins when a cell with 23 pairs of chromosomes capable
Faced with the high costs of malpractice insurance and bogus lawsuits, plus onerous government regulations and mountains of bureaucratic....
April 14, 2004 -- Americans celebrate July 4 with pride as the day we gained our independence. However, we should lament April 15—tax day—as the day that too many of us all too willingly surrender our liberty and opportunities in life. Here's why. All free individuals want to run their own lives. When we leave the loving protection of our parents, we should express our love for those who raised us by acting as independent adults. As grown men and women, we should look forward to the challenge of discovering and creating the goals and purposes that will give us joy in life; of acquiring the knowledge and skills we need to make a living; and of earning the resources necessary to realize our dreams.
September 4, 2001 -- Last Friday, public broadcasting stations across the country aired the last original episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. After 33 years, the series finished neither with a bang nor with a syrupy-sweet ending, but rather with Fred Rogers's trademark closing—"see you next time"—promising to return to television next week. And he will, of course—with about 1,000 episodes from the past three decades already canned, Rogers's neighborhood will be a staple for yet another generation of developing minds. Last Friday's episodes are no exception; producers plan on working them into the mix alongside his other vintage episodes.
September 4, 2001 -- Last Friday, public broadcasting stations across the country aired the last original episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. After 33 years, the series finished neither with a bang nor with a syrupy-sweet ending, but rather with Fred Rogers's trademark closing—"see you next time"—promising to return to television next week. And he will, of course—with about 1,000 episodes from the past three decades already canned, Rogers's neighborhood will be a staple for yet another generation of developing minds. Last Friday's episodes are no exception; producers plan on working them into the mix alongside his other vintage episodes.
January 31, 2002 -- “Thirty million Americans a year go to circuses with animal acts,” a stony-faced Peter Jennings told his ABC News
March 28, 2003 -- American Muslims must be feeling despair over the news that Asam Akbar, a sergeant serving in Kuwait and an American
McWorld, claims in a Washington Post interview (November 6, 2001) that it is not the United States’ involvement in Saudi Arabia or support o
November 7, 2001 -- In 1941, with Hitler’s war machine furiously hacking Western civilization to bits, George Orwell famously observed that
July 25, 2001 -- This week, people will travel inexpensively from all over the globe to Genoa, Italy—to protest the policies that made their
May 14, 2004 -- Most Americans have reacted to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners with the same shock, outrage, and disgust that Iraqis themselves
October 21, 2003 -- Osama bin Laden's latest screed threatens further attacks "inside and outside the United States" and goes on to name
February 1, 2004 -- Some 30 to 40 thousand years ago, human beings began making images in caves like Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in southern France
April 28, 2004--Although the government of North Korea now spins a different story, both initial Korean reports and American satellite photographs suggest that the devastating explosion on April 22 in Ryongchon, North Korea, was an eerie replay of the Taggart Tunnel train crash in Ayn Rand 's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged . In Rand's novel, an incipient fascist dictatorship in America is stopped in its tracks when the “men of the mind,” the intelligent businessmen, go on strike. In Atlas Shrugged , as in Ryongchon, the hobbling of human minds by dictatorship brought about a return to the ancient technology of open-fire steam locomotives. In both, the immediate cause of the explosion was the collision between an open-fire steam locomotive and a train carrying explosive materials. In Rand 's novel, the diesel engine that could have prevented the explosion was diverted to pull the private train of politician Chick Morrison. In Ryongchon, the diesel engine was used to pull the private train of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.
It's a typical 3-H Washington, D.C. summer: hazy, hot and humid. And with small variations, the rest of the country...