| Latest columns by Guest Writers, Page 4 |
» A Tale of Two Presidents
by Joe Murray
Sadly, sadly, the sun rose," wrote Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens continued -- "[i]t rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own he... read more
• August 25, 2006
• Political |
» Studies Show Entertainment Influences Us
by Al Menconi
Earlier this month two major research studies were published that shed light on the dramatic effects of today's entertainment on teenagers. The first was released by the RAND Corporation, an independent research organization that focuses on health ca... read more
• August 17, 2006
• Entertainment |
» Elvis Has Left the Building
by Joe Murray
Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll," opined 30-year rock critic Dave Marsh, "because he was the embodiment of its sins and virtues, grand and vulgar, rude and elegant, powerful and frustrated, absurdly simple and awesomely complex." M... read more
• August 17, 2006
• Entertainment |
» Busted!
by Ramesh Ponnuru
Mel Gibson says that he is not an anti-Semite. Even the friendliest observer of his actions must, however, conclude that he has anti-Semitic impulses (among other troubles). His denial of anti-Semitism can be taken in two ways. It might be that his c... read more
• August 11, 2006
• Christian Living |
» Santorum's Surrender?
by Joe Murray
The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy," wrote Sun Tzu, "but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him." As the dust begins to settle on the battlefields that were home to a number of cultural skirmishes concerni... read more
• August 8, 2006
• Social Issues |
» Where Is The Passion Of Compassion?
by Jonathan Flora
There is this scene in a movie you may have heard of. In it, a man stoops down and places his finger in the dirt to write. As he does, the dust from the ground explodes with the power of the words being drawn. We then see several defeated men toss th... read more
• August 2, 2006
• Christian Living |
» The Stem Cell Sidestep
by Joe Murray
This bill," bellowed President Bush, "would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others ... [i]t crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect." And with a sense of m... read more
• August 1, 2006
• Social Issues |
» The Lessons of Henry Jackson High
by Joe Murray
A world-wide overturning of values," wrote Georg Lukacs, "cannot take place without the annihilation of the old values and the creation of new ones by the revolutionaries." Lukacs, a Hungarian communist and foot solider of the Cominter... read more
• July 28, 2006
• Education |
» Truth, Justice, and All That Stuff
by Joe Murray
Does Superman still stand for truth, justice, and all that stuff?" asks Perry White, editor of the fictional newspaper the Daily Planet in the new movie Superman Returns. The Daily Plant, of course, is the newspaper of Metropolis and the employe... read more
• July 19, 2006
• Entertainment |
» Have We Lost the Culture War?
by Joe Murray
It's a story we have heard all too often. Girl goes to school. Girl studies extremely hard. Girl becomes valedictorian of her class. Girl asked to address her classmates at her graduation ceremony. Girl wants to thank her family and her friends. Girl... read more
• July 4, 2006
• Social Issues |
» America's New Psychobabble
by Tim Wildmon
Something I am getting tired of in this country is the denial of truth in the name of sensitivity," I said to my lovely and talented wife Alison the other day while reading the paper. Some people have dubbed this "political correctness.&quo... read more
• June 30, 2006
• Social Issues |
» Discriminating Against Religion
by Dinesh D'Souza
The recent Supreme Court cases involving displays of the Ten Commandments in Texas and Kentucky produced confusing results. The Texas display was upheld and the Kentucky display was rejected. Essentially Texas was successful, and Kentucky not success... read more
• June 28, 2006
• Social Issues |
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