A Parenting Perspective

One of the most important books I have read in recent years is David Brooks’ The Social Animal (Random House, 2011). Later, I saw Mr. Books speaking and responding to questions on the weekend “Books TV” feature on CSPAN2. And he said something...

A Woman’s Choice?

As they say, “two wrongs don’t make a right.” If the Democrat pundit who claimed Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life”: if she had only added three words to her indictment–“outside the home”–there would have...

A Christian’s Ego

“She has good ego strength.” When we hear that said of someone, do we consider it a more positive attribute than when we hear it said, “He has a big ego?” Or how about, “She has a fragile ego.” Does that mean she’s...

Paraprosdokian

Barbara Bennett, my friend from childhood who lives in St. Louis, sends me lots of interesting stuff. She’s much smarter than I–for that matter, she’s smarter than most people–and she reads so prolifically, she makes me look illiterate (which...

Americans United

The Reverend Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) will speak in Charleston on Sunday, April 15, at 5 P.M. at the Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting Street. A question and answer session will follow Mr....