Disaster | UPDATE (9:07 p.m.): The state medical examiner office reports
that the death toll has risen to 51 in Oklahoma. OUR EARLIER
REPORT: A tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through Moore,
Okla., a suburb of…
Sports |
The NBA Playoffs are down to four teams: two superpowers, the San
Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, against two upstarts, the Memphis
Grizzlies and the…
Politics |
Rejecting calls for the GOP to be more “moderate” after the party's
poor showing in the 2012 presidential election, Virginia
Republicans nominated on…
Government |
The biggest push to expand government from any administration since
the 1960s is alternately unraveling in scandal and flying out of
the grip of its makers. A…
Religious Liberty |
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case during its
next term about whether a town that opened its public meetings with
prayer violated the…
Newsworthy |
Another target. The
Washington Post
reported this morning that the Justice Department targeted another
journalist in response to fears about a possible…
International |
Myanmar President Thein Sein meets in Washington today with
President Barack Obama and contends in a
Washington Post
interview that the army he has presided over…
Science |
Ball State University is looking into complaints by evolutionists
that a science and religion class using material on intelligent
design is promoting…
Movies |
This week I’d like to step back from Washington scandals and
abortion trials to give a salute to college graduates. While too
many have received a…
Newsworthy |
Say what? Nearly 30 years ago, I taught 10th grade English, and a
big decision for me was whether to teach Fitzgerald or Faulkner,
since I would likely not be…
Abortion |
Does anyone remember the obnoxious 1960s TV commercial for the
Veg-O-Matic, forerunner of your modern kitchen food processor? A
man with a voice like a…
