Virtually everyone who is anyone in American politics and media has roundly condemned any thought that Iran's President Ahmadinejad should be allowed to desecrate Ground Zero with his noisome presence. They are making a mistake.

This year's episode of Civility Strikes Back relates to the baggy-pants half-moon.

It is unfair, and it is unconstitutional.

Why are we allowing an Islamic public school, teaching intifada, in New York City? Don't we already have enough terrorists?

Mr. Cho's victims' families shouldn't be suing Virginia Tech; all it would accomplish is to enrich greedly lawyers while doing nothing useful.

If you buy something, that ought to mean you can do whatever you like with it - but big companies want to end that right.

The trouble is, the system was designed to keep a record of who was where, when.

Americans can show good judgment, and do have a conscience, and are willing to be reasonable - if the other side is being reasonable too.

It is better not to have a rule at all, than to have one which is not taken seriously, because disregarding the rules grows habitual.

Our commencement essay.