I don't know what to make of George Will lately.  It's as if George Will the Good has been working his way out of George Will the B...

So much of Theodore Roosevelt's life comes to us now in what seems like caricature:  The Rough Rider , the bellowing bull, the hearty ba...

More than 50 years ago Nelle Harper Lee wrote a book called “To Kill a Mockingbird”.   It was her one and only book and it...

Thousands of Latin American children have been arriving in the U.S. over the weeks and months, in scenarios more like that of a fictitious s...

Today the Supreme Court ruled that private, family-owned businesses--in this case, Hobby Lobby--could opt out of paying for contraceptives i...

As someone who dreaded Penmanship class, and who always–and I mean always –got poor grades in it, let me just say if writing in cursive goes...

In an insightful article about the upsurge in anti-government hate groups and the murderous rampages they spawn, John Avlon calls them ...

We got word that Maya Angelou died today.  When her picture flashed on the TV this morning I held my breath, hoping it wasn't bad news....

In the 21st century controversy over t he legitimacy of the 19th century Confederate battle flag , one question remains unanswered:  What do...

Monica Lewinsky is now 40 years old.  In the late 1990s, when she was barely into her twenties, she met  Bill Clinton, flirted a bit and cau...