American society - indeed, Western culture in general - used to be based on duty. Your primary duty was to your family and to then to society.

Reality must take precedence over public relations.

You can't stop a natural disaster. You can avoid a disastrous response.

The EPA has done well to stop something bad.

They really do have a legitimate claim on the taxpayers' money.

For Labor Day, we consider those that don't.

"We need leaders once again who can tap into that special blend of American confidence and optimism..."

If Al Gore is seriously worried about rising sea levels, he ought to advocate letting us return to unpatented, cheaper Freon.

Have we become so used to injustice that we expect it, and simply live with it?

Evil can grow out of benevolent concepts and well-intentioned processes.