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Taking candy away.

Even a sweeping Republican victory on Tuesday will not be enough to address the problems America now faces.

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Capitalism to the rescue.

The 33 miners in Chile who were quite literally resurrected from their grave this week owe their lives in no small measure to two men. The first is Chilean president Sebastián Piñera.

The 50-year Tug-of-War.

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The 50-year Tug-of-War.

Since 1960, the country has been in a tug-of-war between those on the right that believe that one can only be truly free when one accepts full responsibility for one’s own life…

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Did you ever think you’d miss Bill?

Have you noticed that Bill Clinton has been seen more lately? He’s now the elder statesman of the Democratic Party and he is exercising the privileges that go with that vaunted office. Is he teeing things up for a run by Hillary? The cynic in me might say yes but it’s too early to tell.

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A Nation at Risk

By 1983, the fact that America had taken the wrong path on public education was becoming clear.

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What is to come is epilogue.

Look up the word “epilogue” and one of the definitions you will find says, “the final scene of a play or story that comments on or summarizes the main action.” The word epilogue, thus defined, now applies to the Barack Obama administration.