“We are bound by an inescapable garment of mutuality:  Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail, 1962.

After the American colonists’ petition to King George III for political representation in…

“Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent” — Psalm 71:9 ESV.

“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and…

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories — Plato.

Over the course of the last century, Americans have become increasingly obsessed with psychology.  We have embraced a therapeutic culture which posits that everyone…

On February 22, 2010, nine months after President Obama signed the legislation, new credit card rules designed to protect consumers from the unscrupulous and manipulative tactics of credit card companies went into effect.  The legislative momentum that led to the…

I’m like Punxsutawney Phil, but do you know what it means when I see my shadow?  It means the earth is dying.  Have you been outside today?  It’s 60 degrees in late November.  I mean there’s a Christmas…

Three years ago, the medical community was stunned when Rom Houben―diagnosed to have been in a persistent vegetative state since a horrific car crash in 1983―was discovered to be fully conscious and aware.  Unable to speak or communicate, he’d lived…

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” -Pogo Possum

On January 24, 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered his State of the Union address to a Congress that looked radically different than the body of representatives that the President…

Anyone but Bush.  This was a popular and oft-repeated phrase during the twilight of our 43rd president’s first term.  People incensed by the war in Iraq, people offended at the idea of a plain-talking Texan representing America around the…

“Judge not, that you be not judged.  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s…

Less than a month ago, on December 19, 2009, all eyes in Washington were fixed on one man: Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat from Nebraska.  Senator Nelson found himself the man of the hour when it became clear that his vote…