Media outlets preyed upon people's emotions this week in its reporting of President Barack Obama's decision to overturn the Bush Administration ban on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cell research is a hot topic among pro-life advocates because it involves the destructi...

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  Thank you, ABC News. Without you, we wouldn't be able to have sex without worrying whether we were "harming" ourselves. We were worried nasal-clearing, spirit-lifting orgasm were the worst thing that could happen to our tired, rundown, useless bodies. Seriously, there is some in...

USA Today's Cathy Lynn Grossman sought to create a rift between Pope Benedict XVI and Italian clerics in a March 4 blog post, "'Virtually' signing off technology for Lent?" The rage among some Italian dioceses is to call on Catholics to shut off the Internet connection, put down the I-pod ...

Buffett's 'dumb things'Too much of this would probably get tiresome, but the mini-trend lately of smart leaders quickly admitting their errors has been unusually refreshing. First came President Obama, who confessed that he "screwed up" by failing to foresee that......

Facing hard times, Obama sells case for responsibilityIt is tough being a president of hope in a time of need. Barack Obama spent much of his campaign captivating his audiences with stirring speeches. Yet as president he has already been......

Dungy's new challenge Tony Dungy, the recently retired head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has taken on a new mission: promoting minority hiring in the coaching ranks of college football.It's hard to imagine a better champion for a worthy cause......

Et cetera Smart insights on the news of the day Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan, column, The Wall Street Journal:"The big loser in (Iraq's) election was Iran. Iranian agents spent a lot of money trying to influence the outcome......

Opposing view: Avoid knee-jerk reactions Limits on compensation could backfire on taxpayer-shareholders. By Laura Thatcher Of course there is outrage over the $18.4 billion in bonuses to Wall Street executives! Wall Street is in deplorable shape. There's no denying that......

New numbers are out about President Obama's performance and they show that, while most Americans favor the majority of actions he has taken, two of his more controversial decisions are highly unpopular. One of the disputed actions, the closing of the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has long...