It is a sunny, warm, nearly cloudless day in Quebec City as I view the garden overlooking the vast Plaines d'Abraham, that vast sea of green pastures and rolling meadows to the west about a mile from the old city walls.

Towering above me, is the statue of Joan of...

C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

As someone...

The death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the luge athlete, just hours before the Vancouver Olympics opening ceremony cast a shadow not only upon the ceremonies, but the games as well.

Announcers were quick to point out the questionable construction of the track, clearly designed to increase speeds up to...

Two days ago I am sitting in my doctor's office waiting room. I take my place, survey my surroundings, and do what most of us do when we sit down in a doctor's waiting room. I create my own version of the Seinfeld routine. You know. I wonder what she...

As a self confessed progressive and blue state snob (or vice versa) as I watched the republican convention I thought to myself "Who are these people?" No, that's not what I thought -- what I thought was, "where do they find these people?" And, "how do they fit so many...