By Ralph Kinney Bennett
Toward a deeper gratitude for our freedom, with a clean pride in a country that has spilled so much of its blood for others.
‘Any social order . . . which can function well with a minimum of leadership will be an anathema to the intellectual.’
Hardly anyone had heard of Eric Hoffer when his first book, The True Believer, was published in 1951. In fact, when Harper & Brothers was considering accepting it, they asked Norman Thomas, the ...
Jim Wallis’s new book asks readers to consider what each side of the political aisle gets right and to recall an ...
Rather than focusing primarily on questions about the Right and Left, Jim Wallis’s new book, On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the ...
Many lessons should be drawn from the U.S. experience in Iraq. Unfortunately, we’re not learning what we should.
Peggy Noonan has earned a reputation as one of America’s most influential columnists, and her recent Wall Street Journal article “Can the Republican Party Recover From Iraq?” was ...
One of the greatest uses of scandal is to vividly demonstrate what new laws are needed and to create the political ...
Washington is suddenly awash with major scandals. The IRS has been caught abusing its powers regarding conservative organizations. The AP had its phone records seized without a court order. The White ...
Racial prejudice plays a very small role in American politics, but a highly disciplined sense of self-interest on the ...
A question that has frequently been raised in presidential election campaigns is: are American voters racist? The way this question is framed almost always centers on a concern that some Americans ...
Sheryl Sandberg's runaway best-selling book Lean In has managed to offend both the Left and the Right. Sandberg touts ...
Yesterday evening, the Independent Women's Forum (the anti-NOW for conservative and libertarian females) hosted a panel discussion in downtown Washington on the topic of Facebook chief operating ...
Paper is becoming less important in some respects, but its strengths — prestige, utility, permanence, and security — ...
Is paper obsolete? A Canadian who had a stash of new-style polymer $100 bills probably would disagree. He kept them in a coffee can near a radiator and they melted. Others have complained that ...
An unexpected glimmer of hope might cast a new light on the Golden State.
It’s getting depressingly repetitive to keep writing about California’s problems, which are legion and seemingly intractable. But this time, I’m pleased to report on an unexpected ...
Failure to scrutinize employment income contributed to the housing crisis and now threatens student loans, which total ...
As the class of 2013 graduates, massive student-loan defaults loom. Too many loans were given to students without considering their prospects for finding jobs after graduating and being able to repay ...
The national pastime may be past its time. But those who think it’s boring need to think again.
Baseball, the national pastime, may be past its time. Evidence suggests that the game’s popularity is slipping. “Sunday Night Football” remains the highest-rated television sports ...