Working Together on Abortion

Considering the depths of rancor existing between those advocating pro-life and those advocating pro-choice, we are left to wonder if common ground can ever be found. Cristina Page, who serves as the program director of the New York affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice...

What Can We Think of Next?

At my grandmother’s house, sleeping in meant getting up at 5 or 6 a.m. instead of the usual 4. On a typical day, by 6 a.m. she would have swept and mopped the floors, made a big pan of biscuits and done a couple of loads of laundry. These chores completed by...

Hunting Down a Moral America

While deer hunting early one December morning with my uncle we kicked up a big buck in some thick brush. We raised our shotguns and fired at almost the same instant. As the buck went down my uncle began to shout, “I got him, I got him.” To this day I...

Finding a Reason For Giving Thanks Worth It

Although most shopping malls are already decorated for the holiday season, which traditionally begins Thanksgiving weekend, finding something for which to be thankful is a task for many. The death of my eldest brother last week has cast a pale of sadness on the...

Thanking Those Who Touch Our Lives

Samuel Leibowitz, a criminal lawyer, saved 78 people from the electric chair. Not one ever thanked him. Art King helped 2,500 people find jobs through his radio program, “Job Center of the Air.” Only 10 ever thanked him. One year, an official of the post...

Does Congress Suffer from Malignant Power?

Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.) allegedly placed in a congressional spending bill that passed on Saturday a frightening provision allowing two committee chairmen and their staffs to look at any American citizen’s tax returns without any privacy safeguards. Chairmen...