Posted September 23, 2007 | 14:02:32 (EST)
I'm a big fan of Ken Burns' chronicles of American history. So naturally I look forward to watching his new ambitious documentary about World War II, which debuts on PBS tonight across the country. When I read about the sanitizing of this historical document, I was taken back a bit.
...Posted September 16, 2007 | 17:09:27 (EST)
In the New York Times this Sunday, Gary Cross, a professor of history at Pennsylvania State University, pens a breathtakingly confusing op-ed on the dangers of, not only outsourcing toy manufacturing, but allowing "licensed toys" (Dora, Barbie, etc...) from being introduced to our children. "Young people" just haven't...
Posted August 16, 2007 | 13:27:00 (EST)
My Denver Post column yesterday comments on the "morality" question some Republican candidates will be wrestling with as they vie for the immeasurably important evangelical vote. I spoke with a public policy expert at Focus on the Family. A gracious and super intelligent guy, who, in his own...
Posted August 7, 2007 | 15:33:03 (EST)
The New York City Council may be on the verge of banning the slur "bitch." Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn, who introduced the measure, claims the word creates "a paradigm of shame and indignity" for all women. The word is certainly offensive. The movement to restrict speech, far...

Posted October 24, 2007 | 13:13:12 (EST)