Last week, President Obama told bank executives that they have a duty to take "extraordinary" steps toward helping the U.S. economy emerge from the worst recession since the 1930s. As we rapidly approach the new year, our nation demands a modified system of financial oversight that includes new parameters to...

Public capacity to be shocked by tragedies has been sadly diminished as each year brings a different take on the unimaginable, yet the horror at Ft. Hood seems to have penetrated both media clutter and the overwhelming challenges many Americans face in their personal lives. Despite 24/7 punditry and all-hands-on-deck...

Americans live in the now. We are still a young country. China can debate whether to bulldoze a 400-year old section of Beijing, while LA finds a 1960's motel "historic." Yet reflection can be triggered by anniversaries, and we'd be well advised to slow down over this week and consider...

Exactly 140 years ago next week, America observed its first Decoration Day, meant to commemorate the lives lost by Union soldiers in the Civil War. Not until after World War I did what we now call Memorial Day come into being, a remembrance of all of the warrior lives...