Conservatives have long expressed their desire to make the government smaller and let the private and nonprofit sectors take on more responsibility for caring for people in need. Ronald Reagan’s administration, for example, encouraged nonprofits... Read More

Top and center this morning on the New York Times website is a video of how Prince Harry proposed to American actress Meghan Markle (in the print version the photo and article took up two-thirds... Read More

“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other….  No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of... Read More

Trump’s judicial nominations reveal that his unholy alliance with the religious right runs deep. Many individuals with truly concerning records are included within a slate of religiously conservative nominees. And since these can be lifetime... Read More

“Maybe if I act like that, that guy will call me back… flippin' my blond hair back, pushin’ up my bra like that… The disease is growing; it's epidemic. I'm scared that there ain't a... Read More

It looms three blocks south of the National Mall in Washington, DC, and features 3,100 items displayed in 430,000 square feet of floor space, two restaurants, a gift shop, a rooftop garden, a ballroom for... Read More

The United States has a massive addiction problem. Individuals suffering from drug or alcohol addiction are stigmatized as criminals and failures. We could go down the rabbit hole of how drug addiction and the distribution... Read More