The Real Power of Books
The sun was sitting high in the sky and I was near a shady tree as my kids splashed in the pool. Life is good. Then I picked up the paper: bombings… Read Article →
Lack of Curiosity is Curious
Over dinner a few weeks ago, the novelist Lawrence Naumoff told a troubling story. He asked students in his introduction to creative writing course at UNC-Chapel Hill if they had read Jack… Read Article →
George Will and the Rhoden Principle
In his column arguing that owner Daniel Snyder should change the name of the Washington Redskins, New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden writes: “Snyder remains tone-deaf to the major spiritual tenet that… Read Article →
Oblivious Obama
President Obama at West Point last month: “Four and a half years later, as you graduate, the landscape has changed. We have removed our troops from Iraq. We are winding down our… Read Article →
Climate Change Hoax
I often wonder if liberals are really as freaked out by climate change as they’d have us believe. If I thought apocalypse was in the cards if we didn’t make some changes… Read Article →
Senior Citizen Sex Change
I can’t imagine what it would it would be like to be a man trapped in a woman’s body – or vice-versa. My best guess is that it would be terribly painful… Read Article →
Climate Change Confusion
I raised some questions about what we know about climate change in my last column for the News & Observer. I have another questions after reading an Op-ed in the NY Times… Read Article →
Can businesses just say no?
I have a question. There was appropriate outrage when Arizona and other states considered bills that would allow individuals to not do business other individuals because the transaction would offend their religious… Read Article →
Another Personal Attack on Clarence Thomas
To state the obvious, the left has never liked Clarence Thomas. What’s interesting is how often they train their sites on his personal behavior rather than his judicial rulings. Jeffrey Toobin provides… Read Article →
Cultural Cowardice
In his Feb. 18 column, David Brooks uses the story of the Prodigal Son to explore contemporary social dynamics. He writes: “We live in a divided society in which many of us… Read Article →