On September 18 and 19, 2009, over 1,800 religious right activists, pastors, and politicians converged upon Washington D.C, for a two day "pep rally" called the Values Voter Summit. It was a media saturated event,... Read More

Both sides agree-the whole fight over same-gender marriage and other civil rights for gays is about the right to decide what's normal. Now there's nothing more normal than ice cream, and there's no ice cream... Read More

The recent burqa controversy, plaguing France has produced yet another headache for liberals, humanists, and lovers of democracy who feel themselves trapped between conflicting principles. While the term “burqa” (a head-to-toe covering) is commonly used... Read More

I'm back from Chicago, speaking at the annual conference of the ALA -American Library Association. 20,000 librarians under one roof--totally inspiring. In addition to their deeper-funded and better-staffed cousins from the big cities, they came... Read More

Newsweek recently called out Oprah for being a quack. In a cover story titled "Crazy Talk: Oprah, Wacky Cures & You," they cited shows she's enthusiastically done on cancer, autism, and other subjects featuring non-experts... Read More

The President spoke eloquently this week on the need for Americans to find common ground on the issue of abortion. He made a start by naming the ONLY common ground--the desire of almost everyone to... Read More

“Where liberty is not, there is mine.” —Thomas Paine, replying to Benjamin Franklin’s remark, “Where liberty is, there is my country.” Thomas Paine, one of the founding fathers of the United States, was born on... Read More