Throughout American political history presidential campaigns have been marked by malicious attacks and mud slinging. But the campaign of personal…
Ben Stein knows his celebrities. In fact, the economist, actor, game show host, and writer, whom I am happy to…
I don’t want to let this weekend go by with just fireworks, parades, and band music. We need to thank…
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the steady drumbeat of bad news and defeatism from Iraq. The…
We are living in troubled times. The scandal over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners seems to grow worse every day.…
What will probably be this year’s biggest book-publishing event took place a few weeks ago. It wasn’t the latest thriller…
All last week the story of Justin Timberlake ripping off part of Janet Jackson’s bodice during the Super Bowl halftime…
The story got only a brief mention in the New York Times — a three-paragraph article buried on an inside page. To…
A few weeks ago, one of the most astute media critics of our age, Neil Postman, died at the age…
When a newspaper calls its letters section “Voice of the People,” can you expect to read what readers really think?…
