"Let there be light," said the voice opening scripture eons before he cried out, pushed out of his mother's womb. The light bringer brought light into the world in the middle of the dark of night and on the day he died, in the middle of the day, the world went dark. The light left, but returned ...
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has made countless blessings possible. The warmth, security and generosity that many Americans experience during the holidays are not accidents or pure gifts of nature. In their tangible sense, ...
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism." Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union "wasn't real socialism." Socialism guru Noam Chomsky tells students that. He says the Soviet Union ...
When I go to synagogue, I always smile and wave at the armed police officers stationed outside. I want them to know they're appreciated, but also, at some level, I guess it's fair to say that I'm trying to ingratiate myself so that the cop will want to put his or her life on the line to save us ...
On my 11th Christmas, my parents were preparing to divorce. At the time, I didn't know that, of course, though I imagine most children sense, on some level, the rising tension and animosity that can precede separation. They were certainly fighting more, and I remember hating it, being the only ...
I was thinking just a few days ago how I hadn’t heard much lately from Mitt Romney. I suppose the realization wasn’t shocking, given that the conservative movement at this point revolves completely around President Donald Trump and Romney is no longer a part of the U.S. Senate, but I was ...
One of the most persistent mistakes in modern politics is the insistence on flattening all ideologies — pretending that all human beings think the same way, want the same things and are motivated by the same forces. Every time policymakers fall into this trap, the result is not compassion or ...
Minnesota is now facing one of the largest documented government service fraud scandals in United States history. Under Gov. Tim Walz's evidently unwatchful eye, federal prosecutors have estimated that approximately $1 billion in taxpayer funds have been siphoned from multiple state- and ...
Can the United States come up with an immigration policy that will prove sustainable? Two writers whom I respect and take delight in reading, despite their widely differing views, Tyler Cowen, who favors more immigration, and Christopher Caldwell, who favors less, have their doubts. Both, ...
Ben McAdams is off and running to the left. On Nov. 19, the candidate for Utah’s potential new Democrat-favoring congressional district shared a story on X written by the left-friendly ProPublica. The story explained a tragic situation where Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, died after ...
