For some time, people have hinted darkly that we are at the brink of civil war. That seems like hyperbole…
Jephthah is described by the biblical Book of Judges as a somewhat disreputable character. Certainly, his birth was disreputable, but…
I was in 10th grade when a friend introduced me to Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde as a sacred mystery….
Back in the mid-sixties, people told of a White House reporter telling other guys on the beat how to know…
This week in the Wall Street Journal, William A. Galston reached back to David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister,…
Sir Arthur Salter was a shipping agent who served briefly in Churchill’s last wartime cabinet. He was elected as an…
Anything new about religion stirring up controversy? Not since Cain took exception to Abel’s sacrifice. Don’t take this as an…
Many people in our polarized world rage over the idea that balance means compromising on principles. Give them their due:…
