In the August 4th edition of this newspaper Julianna Young wrote an opinion piece entitled “Prop 1 could threaten religious freedom.” She desc…
We, like all animals, have an instinctive urge to stay alive, and that’s easily explained. Evolutionary forces dictate that any species that l…
We are annoyed by people who act as though they are better than others, including those who believe that their skin color is the source of the…
Appraisals of Trump’s various high-level appointees have been abundant, detailed and revealing, yet there’s one of those appointees who has be…
Any proposal for serious social or economic change will contain two lists of assertions: one will concern the status quo and its alleged fault…
My premise, with regard to the origins and functions of moral systems (ethical systems, if you prefer), has always been that they are the resu…
Since Socrates first asked, some 2,500 years ago, the searching question, “How shall I live?,” philosophers and others exploring the great ethical choices we humans must make through our lifetime, those advocating self-awareness have encouraged consideration of our individual values and beliefs to determine the essential, defining answers to profound questions, including, “Who am I?” and, more broadly, “Where am I?” that keep college coffee shops open into the wee hours of the morning as students engage in deep dive conversations that begin to shape their lives.
I like to make a point of reading legislative resolutions, largely because they’re one of the few political documents that reveal what a party finds important behind closed doors when it isn’t trying to persuade anyone. Campaigns promise everything to everyone, but resolutions are different because they answer a much more interesting question of what the parties think deserves our attention.
Two women, one from Idaho, the other from West Virginia, appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court and asked it to declare unconstitutional the l…
Trump campaigned for his second term with the promise that he would return this country to its former greatness, but what he meant by that was…
