Fred Barnes has an excellent article on a little-publicized event for journalists held every year on the eve of the National Prayer Breakfast. Cal Thomas, a syndicated columnist and TV talking head, started the dinner more than a decade ago. The first one was held in the Hilton bar, which easily held the 25 people […]
New York magazine has an insightful article on the infamous phone call from former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin to the Bush administration, lobbying on behalf of Enron and, by extension, his employer, Citigroup. So Bob Rubin did what Bob Rubin does. On his own, without consulting Weill or anyone else, he picked up the phone […]
Miss Manners may write very pretentiously and aloof, but her "A valentine for all the nice guys" column today is a great one. They listen as well as talk. They have been known to produce something nice, such as flowers, when it is not required. They even know how to dress, speak and perform other […]
It's old news to some, but it's news to me, and probably to you too. Historically, it's often in time of the greatest persecution that Christianity grows. First reported last year, this appears to be the case in Algeria, where Christianity is experiencing a boom due to a radical Islamic campaign of terror in the […]
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas agrees with my take (no surprise here) on the brouhaha over the Bush administration's decision to expand a government health insurance program for low-income children to unborn children. Thomas also highlights some proposed legislation before Congress. Also last week, Rep. Cliff Stearns, Florida Republican, announced plans to introduce legislation to help […]
I'm anticipating going out with some friends this Sunday afternoon to see "A Walk to Remember." Earlier I voiced concern that Hollywood might have gone out and removed God from the movie. If a recent column by Michelle Malkin is correct, then my concerns were misplaced and I will pleasantly surprised when I see the […]
I have two very good friends who are social workers. Neither, I will note, work for the government. Social work is a challenging, thankless, high-stress, low-pay job. But that doesn't excuse some of the injustices that government Child Protective Services sometimes perpetrates. The fact that 99.9 percent of the time social workers do the right […]
The urge to erect a wall 10 feet high and 1 million feet wide between church and state has taken another stupid turn. This time an elementary school in Wilton, N.Y. had stopped a 5-year-old girl from saying grace aloud before eating her lunch. The girl's lawyer stated, correctly, that it's the girl's First Amendment […]
The Bush Administration lost its fight earlier this week with the partisan and hatemonger Mary Frances Berry of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. A federal judge, Gladys Kessler, ruled that appointees to the commission are entitled to full six-year terms, even if they are specifically appointed to fill the term of another commissioner. The […]