When Does a Child Becomes a Person?

Few matters of moral significance are as culturally explosive as the care of unborn children. It is difficult to enter the public conversation in ways that do not inflame passions or invite accusations. But the introduction of fetal homicide bills around the country...

Kimmie Weeks Leads a Crusade for Children

Fourteen years ago, the world watched as a once prosperous and stable country of two million souls on the west coast of Africa deteriorated into anarchy, terror and war. What the world does not know is the story of a 10-year-old boy whose response to this tragedy in...

Breaking the Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown wrote a book and for weeks it has been at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. I understand why: I could not put it down. If you like architecture, history and religion mixed into a crime story, this book is for you. But if you demand historical...

Nothing Like the Christmas Choir

There is nothing like a choir and there is nothing like Christmas to remind us of this. The season and its series of public occasions offer fresh evidence for the unsurpassed sound of that gathering of voices known as the choir. It is the most wondrous of all musical...