Column: Maintan perspective about gun control
April 25, 2008
While I haven't seen one yet, I'm told a group of students is going around campus wearing empty gun holsters in protest of their disarmament by a set of regulations that makes campuses and other similar areas "gun-free zones."
Column: Catholic leaders refuse to own up to past transgressions
April 18, 2008
Received at the White House earlier this week on his 81st birthday, Joseph Ratzinger — known to Roman Catholics by his stage name: Pope Benedict XVI — said the epidemic of child rape within the Church had sometimes been "very badly handled."
Column: Freedom of speech extends even to what is disagreeable
April 4, 2008
A great Virginian once said, "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost."
Column: Let freedom sting-- the case for mocking religion and faith
March 28, 2008
Humorist George Carlin once said, "I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."
Column: The power of Saddam's regime doesn't justify Iraq War
March 14, 2008
The only thing more tedious and tiresome to me than a celebrity sex scandal is a political sex scandal.
Column: Quality goes unnoticed in some underrated TV shows
February 29, 2008
Those of you who normally check this space probably know that I try to take on tough issues of foreign and domestic policy, issues such as police brutality, racism, the Iraq War, torture and the like.
Column: Looking to a time of peaceful relations between U.S. and Cuba
February 22, 2008
This was a big news week, and I admit I had a tough time deciding on what to write.
Column: Super-delegates undermine voters
February 15, 2008
Anyone still watching the primary coverage from any of the major news outlets (I know, it's getting tiresome even for me) has probably heard of "super-delegates" by now.
Column: Sometimes we must take risks to achieve the greater good
February 8, 2008
Imagine yourself the commander of a military force at war.
Column: 1000 lies: Weapons of mass deception penetrate the public
January 25, 2008
Now that the surge has netted its mixed bag of results, it's apparently not much in style to cover Iraq anymore.
