The Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England, stirred up a storm when he spoke of the Nativity as a "myth." The Pope didn't have that problem. Perhaps the Pope has a stronger brand identity than does the Church of England?

It is time just to face up to what we know to be the case: Anything goes.

Poor people often skimp on food so that they will have enough money for things they consider valuable.

The Omaha mall incident adds 9 more victims onto this year's tally of innocents who died because of gun control.

The Trust doesn't answer to anybody anymore. They don't even have to be right.

Since we peasants couldn't see that Roosevelt's marvelous ideas were for our own good, he believed it was OK for him to lie to help pass his programs. Does that remind you of any modern politicians?

Who owns your mortgage? It might just be...nobody.

Armed citizens make it a bit harder to do evil.

Having been put on the scent, the blogosphere discovered that this was only the tip of the iceberg.

The secret of safety was and is crime prevention, not crime investigation.