The Daily Caller Founder Demonstrates How Media Lies

As President Obama announced a new immigration policy in the Rose Garden today, a Daily Caller reporter, Neil Munro, rudely cut him off, burdening the President with the task of defending his right to complete the announcement, uninterrupted.   Munro's breach of...

Bullying: From Dred Scott, To Tyler Clementi, To Trayvon Martin

On September 22, 2011, Tyler Clementi killed himself, three days after his roommate learned he was homosexual, by activating a webcam in their room.  Six days later, Tyler's roommate, Dharun Ravi was arrested. On February 26, 2012, George Zimmerman followed Trayvon...

A Narrow American Perspective

We grew up during the late 50s and 60s in a comfortable middle/middle-class American environment. We lived in relatively small to medium-sized homes, in a relatively small and insular neighborhood, but with the benefit of a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline, no ...

Americans 'mix and match' spiritual beliefs , survey says

OUR POST-MODERN SPIRITUALITY  If one is a pessimist,  one will call this a sign of decadence and decay,  the "dumbing down of American religion"  ( it has in fact been called this by several essayists).  If one is an optimist,  one will call...

Culture Wars Declining, or here to stay? Rising Millennials

America's division between "retro and metro",  blue states and red states",  conservative and liberal,  religious and secular:  Is this a declining trend,  or a permanent divide?  It is safe to say that reflecting on this issue takes up a fair...

At the New York Post: Outraged Employees and An Apology

Phones were ringing off the hook as employees at the New York Post fielded calls from outraged callers, denouncing the cartoon that appeared in the New York Post, featuring a dead chimpanzee, blood pooling around the lifeless body, two police...