Column: Gay marriage does not accurately depict equality
April 27, 2009
Outside the intellectual nursery of academia, nobody cares about your feelings. Generally, feelings are tolerated in the real world, but this is merely a diplomatic act intended to keep the gears of commerce from grinding down.
Column: US has responsibility to act as world's police
April 13, 2009
Somali pirates seize the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, the captain surrenders himself to the pirates to ensure his crew's safety, the Merchant Marine crew takes back control of its hijacked ship, and then U.S. Navy Seals make a mid-ocean assault
Column: Internal peer reviews should be held to higher standard
March 30, 2009
Oh, how frothy my ire becomes whenever the idiocy of Ward Churchill creeps back into the news. In an act of desperation wrapped in a publicity stunt masquerading as a heightened sense of social justice, Churchill is suing his previous employer, the Univer
Column: We must protect the ideals on which this country was founded
March 16, 2009
This year's election has been a devastating wake up call for the conservative movement. John McCain rode a tentative confidence out of the primaries, and his subsequent loss to Barack Obama left the GOP scrambling to reinvent itself.
Column: Columnists 'pompous' concerns not appreciated
February 23, 2009
Shameless self-promotion is curiously irritating, isn't it? I can sit and endure anyone's spontaneous recitation of his personal checklist of atta-boys despite the repulsion that grows from listening to the pompous.
Column: Seek experiences for great memories
February 9, 2009
The beauty of nostalgia is also its curse. It is beautiful in that it means one has had experiences one can savor on the stage of memory, over and over again, whenever the desire flares up. But it is cursed in that it means one has grown old enough to liv
Column: Hoping Obama backs up his words
January 26, 2009
I went to the opening inaugural ceremony. I performed for the collecting masses. And the magnitude of the moment possessed me:
Column: Differences in opinion promote intelligent dialogue
November 19, 2008
Have you ever wondered what transpired in people's lives to bring them to believe what they do? What events can be credited for what side of the political fence they pitch their lawn chair? Probably not.
Column: Personal preferences aside, Obama needs our support
November 5, 2008
Despite what the Pennsylvania chapter of the Black Panthers may believe, coercion is not a means of necessity. Our elections, and the periodic transfer of power they represent, will happen because the great majority of the people wish it so. (Did they rea
Column: Highty Tighties' honor, sacrifice not meant for all
October 8, 2008
The more they sweat, the more their collars feel as though they're constricting.
