Netanyahu’s self-indulgence detracted from great statesmanship
(June 14) Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu ended his 12-year stint as Israeli prime minister last Sunday as a man of flawed character, who yet was one of the greatest world statesmen […]
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A tribute to the archaeologist who helped prove Bible’s truth
(June 10) Just as some history is worth revisiting several millennia after the fact, so too some news stories are worth comment several weeks in abeyance. So it is with […]
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Courts rightly defend religious liberty on campus
In two different cases, judges swat down anti-religious bigots in college administrations. In each of the following two columns, please follow the link embedded in the headlines to read the […]
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Judges hurt young mothers with hideous abortion ruling
(March 17) Two judges on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals obstinately insist on keeping parents in the dark about the health of their children. As a matter of […]
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Before Christmas, seeing hope
(Dec. 22) What the whole country is experiencing in these last days before Christmas has the same feel as what New Orleanians felt just before Christmas 15 years ago, less […]
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Of William F. Buckley, the Pilgrims, and Gratitude
(Nov. 26) Conservative intellectual giant William F. Buckley once lamented that too many Westerners “accept without any thought the patrimony we all enjoy,” and he wrote a wonderful little book […]
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A Thanksgiving memory, and others, from the Gipper
(Nov. 25) On Thanksgiving Day some years ago, an outgoing president of the United States recorded in his longhand diary that “the Johnny in the bathroom had a mechanical problem” […]
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Marriage and divorce rates BOTH are down
(Nov. 12) Trends on marriage in America appear to have become one of those (Champagne) glass-half-full propositions. The empty part of the glass is a continued decline in the rate […]
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Liberal John Roberts says law can favor casinos over churches
(July 27) Five members of the U.S. Supreme Court have shuffled the Constitution’s principles beyond recognition. On July 25, the court’s five liberals — counting Chief Justice John Roberts, who […]
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S. Court kinda-sorta helps Little Sisters plus Indians
As the Supreme Court closed its term, I wrote on two of its final cases and found the outcomes moderately satisfactory, but not perfect. Here are the two columns, with […]
