The good news from Connecticut is that, in the face of a vast protest unprecedented in state history, the two lawmakers who were trying to push legislation to steal parishes away from the Catholic church have given up the atttempt. For now. Their rationale, however, is insane . The Democratic co-cha...

Yesterday it was stem cells. Quick, before the mob gathers, let's change the subject. Today it's education . No wonder Mr. Obama is reported to be tired. He sure is taking on an awfully heavy workload of causes. In his talk before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ... (a brief A.D.D. moment: is ...

Americans who claim to have "no religion" are in slightly greater numbers than in 2001 according to a survey taken last year and released today . The 2008 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS), released on Monday, shows that the percentage of Americans claiming no religion, which jumped fr...

The culture war on faith and religion is ratcheting up several notches. The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States declares that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to t...

Where is the "smart" diplomacy? Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said theirs would be an administration that gets it right. So far, I'm afraid, it's been anything but. Today's gaffe was just the latest and stupidest example . GENEVA—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened her first extended talk...

Today, as unemployment hits 8.1 percent and investors mull that there have been only two "up" days since Valentine's Day, the Wall Street Journal had Michael Boskin analyze the market slump . It's hard not to see the continued sell-off on Wall Street and the growing fear on Main Street as a product,...

Is Tim Geithner Secretary of the Treasury or the Environmental Protection Agency? His testimony in the past two days before Congress would seem to leave the question in some doubt. For instance, yesterday : ... the Treasury secretary acknowledged that consumers could face higher electric bills becau...

Have you picked up on today's Twilight Zone meme in the news cycle? EUROPE: Scientists warn of nanotechnology threat Morgellons: Terrifying New Disease Reaching Pandemic Status Kids Made-to-Order: Science Gone Awry The first two articles may be inadvertently related. Both are serious expositions of ...

Some things never change: Russian government officials are still paranoid . A collision between U.S. and Russian satellites in early February may have been a test of new U.S. technology to intercept and destroy satellites rather than an accident, a Russian military expert has said. According to offi...

I already miss Paul Harvey. And I'm glad I didn't miss out on saying something about his passing Saturday at age 90. Many have and will comment about him, and most will do so more eloquently than I, but his memory deserves even one more poor contribution. I started listening to Paul Harvey at the no...