Ford Is a Better Idea

“Ford has a better idea” was the auto company’s ad slogan in the late-1960s.
My father felt this way long before that. He bought our family’s first car, a 1951 Ford which lasted forever, or at least until he acquired… Read More

Are the Republicans Up to It?

If the Republicans gain ground in the next election, are they up to the task of reforming entitlements in the face of massive baby-boomer retirements?
The Wall Street Journal and Grover Norquist, leaders in supply-side tax-cutting for many years, have… Read More

John Ashcroft’s Coefficient of Unity

[My readers] may be familiar with my growing obsession with America’s looming disaster due to over-spending, debt and, most importantly, endless entitlement spending currently on auto-pilot, a kind of ravenous beast consuming most of our seed corn now and into… Read More

Cultures Monogamous and Polyamorous

What is known as the "culture war" in America can be characterized in terms of the polarities it represents: red versus blue states, the mommy party versus the daddy party, the culture of death versus the culture of life, the… Read More

Book Review: American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile

The death of Father Richard John Neuhaus on January 8th coincided with the posthumous publication of his last book, American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile, a short, dense meditation on what it means to live “our awkward duality of… Read More

It Will All Come to Tears

What has it come to when you start getting anxious over a new budget document released by a federal agency like the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which some readers, of a certain age, will remember as the former Government Accounting… Read More

Senate Committee Holds Fast for Abortion

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee haven’t heard the news that more Americans call themselves pro-life than pro-choice, according to the Gallup organization.
This week, in a 13-10 vote, every Democrat but one, Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota, opposed… Read More

Indentured Grandchildren

If you are blessed, as I am, to have grandchildren, you may not realize that they are more than just treasured children of your children, a gift beyond measure. They are also indentured servants who will be paying off your… Read More

Torture: Do Ends Justify Means?

With the disclosure of confidential memoranda discussing the permissible limits of aggressive interrogation of terrorist suspects, the Obama administration has thrust the issue of torture back into the public domain.
In response, former Vice President Dick Cheney proposed that subsequent… Read More

Obama Ignores His Tocqueville

In his 1835 masterpiece, Democracy in America , Alexis de Tocqueville, reported on his observations of the American scene after an extensive tour of the new Republic. One of his most profound insights had to do with the genius of… Read More

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