Homosexuality | Bold: not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible
danger or rebuff; courageous and daring …
Several WORLD writers have covered the Chris…
Media |
“Mainstream media” are alarmed by reports that billionaires Charles
and David Koch are considering the purchase of Tribune Company’s
eight daily…
Media |
John F. Kennedy began his 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning
Profiles in Courage
with a quotation from Edmund Burke. The British statesman rose in
Parliament in 1783 to…
Media |
When
The New York Times
floods a zone with reporters and concentrates on ascertaining
facts, it can do a good job. Here’s what seven
Times
reporters working the…
Boston Bombings |
It looks like two of our biggest gangs, Scrips and Bloods, will be
debating the causes of the Boston Marathon bombings. Bloods are
those who think race,
Obituary |
Pat Summerall—best-known as the voice of NFL telecasts on CBS and
Fox and commentator John Madden’s perfect complement—died Tuesday
at age 82 of cardiac…
Faith & Inspiration |
PHILADELPHIA—I take the train to the Kermit Gosnell trial and it’s
a half-hour commute, so it’s a good time to read the Bible, but not
a good time to…
Abortion |
Emails from two lawyers this morning evidenced the response of
non-coarsened human beings to the abortion revelations of the
Kermit Gosnell trial: “They are…
Abortion |
Mariners have been familiar with the Fresnel lens for nearly two
centuries. It refracts light from a lighthouse to magnify the
life-saving capacity of the…
Media |
He was the most gifted reporter of his generation at
The New York Times
. John McCandlish Phillips was remembered in his death last week
for that rare ability to…
