American society - indeed, Western culture in general - used to be based on duty. Your primary duty was to your family and to then to society.

Our schools need reform. Obama is opposed.

Reality must take precedence over public relations.

You can't stop a natural disaster. You can avoid a disastrous response.

The EPA has done well to stop something bad.

For Labor Day, we consider those that don't.

If Al Gore is seriously worried about rising sea levels, he ought to advocate letting us return to unpatented, cheaper Freon.

Does "Grand Theft Auto" incite murder? What should we do about it?

A professional law-enforcement officer has re-learned the lessons of history and is offering people who live under his jurisdiction a chance to protect themselves.

Missile defense and the dating game.