Ever since the dawn of the Space Age, rockets blasting off the launch pad have climbed a few hundred miles to deliver their payloads into orbit, then fallen back to eart...
In this Christmas season, Christian Arabs are under threat as never before in the region where Jesus and Christianity were born.
In reality, Christian communities in the...
It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas . . . everywhere you go.
Remember when this familiar melody signaled the beginning of the Christmas season? Many years have c...
No one will ever mistake Donald Trump for a student of James Madison.
The real-estate mogul has demonstrated about as much familiarity with the U.S. Constitution as with...
WASHINGTON — Should we fight the “war on poverty” all over again?
Well, yes. That’s the recommendation of a group of liberal and conservative poverty scholars, who spen...
“In the depth of winter, when nature lies despoiled of every charm, and wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources.”
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Whatever happened to regime change?
Not long ago, Republicans and Democrats alike thought one of the best ways to repair the broken parts of the world was to replace dic...
The holiday gift shopping season is in full frantic gear now, with millions of Americans seeking just the perfect present for everyone on their list.
Or, if not the per...
In his 1997 book, “One World, Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism,” William Greider likens the global economy to a great machine, complicated and powerful...
Last Saturday, Barack Obama gained the second jewel in his foreign policy triple crown: the Paris climate accord. It follows his Iran nuclear deal and awaits but the clo...