In the battle over the definition of marriage, there are many confusing currents, but, as usual, we can depend on Thomas Sowell to sort through them and cut to the heart of the matter, as follows: “Love affairs are personal relations. Marriage is a legal relation. Sexual relations are between consenting adults, but now the […]
Archives for August 2004
Religion And Spirituality
A recent lead article in the Weekend Journal section of The Wall Street Journal caught my attention. It was another one of those surveys of the tendency that has been prevalent in the past twenty years or so in America toward “do it yourself’ religion. At least anecdotally, this seems to me to be a […]
The War: What’s Next?
Before getting totally consumed with the often vacuous rhetoric of Election 2004, it is important to take stock of the one truly consuming issue before the American people—the global war on terrorism. Where are we and what’s next? Those who were anticipating some guidance from the recently released report of the 9/11 Commission should have […]