My husband took our sweet Boxer, Kylie, to the vet this week. Her hips are breaking down, and it’s only a matter of time before we have to put her down. This is the...

In Ideas Have Consequences, that seminal 20th century work of conservative philosophy, Richard Weaver explains that property rights are one of modern man’s last...

Everybody, inside and outside the academy, seems to acknowledge the fact that college students and graduates cannot write very well. The problem here is not just that...

A U.S. congressman is riled up over plans to place ads promoting Islam on New York subway cars. The ads, which are slated to debut in September to coincide with Ramadan,...

We’ve blogged before about Berea College, a school that “accepts only applicants from low-income families” and doesn’t charge a dime of tuition. ...

Is sexism or racism more prevalent in today’s society? According to CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, it’s clearly sexism: I find myself in the last...

Howdy folks! Today’s quote is from a clergyman:Â ”Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his...

After all the hubbub over The New Yorker’s cover featuring the Obamas, the magazine’s Condé Nast rival Vanity Fair has posted on its blog a version featuring...

Although Cal Thomas is pictured on the left, and Bob Beckel is on the right, their political ideologies are just the opposite. In this day and age of polarization, have...

John McCain’s campaign wants your input in selecting the best song to go along with the mainstream media’s affection for Barack Obama. Here are your choices:...

As President Bush wraps up his final year in office, he is receiving a record number of pleas from felons seeking clemency–including former track star Marion...

What if the internet is not only changing what we read, but how we read–and in turn fundamentally changing how we think? Janie Cheaney ponders this question in the...

Later this year, individuals applying to become citizens of the United States will take a new citizenship test. MSNBC offers an example exam with a sampling of questions...

Morning! Today’s quote is from a movie: “You know that feeling where everything feels right? Where you don’t have to worry about tomorrow or yesterday,...

Morning! Today’s quote is from a playwright: “Some men see things as they are and say ‘Why?’ I dream things that never were and say, ‘Why...

Leah Daughtry is on a mission, and part of that mission is preaching barefoot. [She] slipped off her stiletto-heel shoes at the House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn,...

Earlier this year, evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson said he could not in good conscience vote for John McCain in the upcoming election. But now? “I never thought...

Barack Obama is visiting Iraq today, marking the second major leg of his war zone tour that began in Afghanistan. Thus far, his trip has attracted widespread...

Barack Obama and John McCain have agreed to appear together on August 16 and answer questions posed by pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and...

There’s lots of speculation out there today on how well the media is dealing with the two presidential candidates. First Associated Press television writer David...