Op-Ed

Prague - Long before Czechoslovakia’s communist regime collapsed in 1989, Václav Havel was one of the most remarkable figures in Czech history – already a successful playwright when he …

The desecration of public trust is all the more vile when the persons and institution in question have been assigned the stewardship of generations of youth.

Des Moines - Mitt Romney and his backers decided that to win in Iowa they had to destroy Newt Gingrich's campaign. Now Gingrich looks eager — and able — …

Merrimack, N.H. - I love watching Republicans engage in class warfare. They condemn it as a sin when Democrats come within 100 miles of even mentioning the sharp and …

Do Americans need health insurance? The short answer is no — at least not in the form it currently exists in America. It is true that in …

Starting a revolution is like lighting a match; it risks becoming extinguished as quickly as it was lit. Sustaining a revolution, however, is like starting a fire, and ensuring …

There are so many unanswered questions and contradictions all around us. But like the families of alcoholics in denial we stay quiet and try not to rock the boat. …

Mitt Romney (left) and Marco Rubio. (Photos: Gage Skidmore, Geoff Holtzman / TalkMediaNews) Since my New Year’s prediction that Obama would select Hillary Clinton for his running …

(Photo: The Daring Librarian) I’m a bibliophile of the first water. I have spent what seems half my life in bookstores all over the world. Some readers …

As of now an agency of our government, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is effectively shut down, unable to do its job. This is a “nullification” by Republicans, …