There has been a lot of discussion in the news media about the fact that the George Zimmerman trial is really a story of white on black (white man with a gun, black victim). It is generally understood by many analysts that the public fascination with the case is really …

The revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has secured a court order directing Verizon to provide it with call data has sparked controversy. And, rightly so. If the order is genuine (and nobody has denied that it is), it reflects a significant expansion of America’s surveillance apparatus – one …

President Barack Obama is the most powerful black man in America. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the second most powerful black man in America. I know both men. It is fair to describe Justice Thomas as an introvert. It is fair to say President Obama is very reserved, often …

When the Newtown shooting took the lives of 20 children, the nation was justifiably horrified. Journalists reported round the clock on ways to change public policy to prevent another shooting. But when seven children and a mother died in a Philadelphia abortion clinic dubbed a “house of horrors,” the major …

As President Obama touches down in Israel on Wednesday, he will not be stumbling into a morally neutral landscape somewhere between the Hatfields and the McCoys.Instead, the ticket to wading successfully into the Arab-Israeli conflict is to hold fast to a moral compass of inalienable rights, starting with equality, and …

A video has been making the rounds of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., getting non-answers from various regulators during her first Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing. Warren asked a very simple question to the various regulators— “Can you identify the last time when you took the Wall Street banks …

Millions of people are caught up in the debate about Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah, and some of those conversations are about whether or not to forgive. Christian tradition teaches that God does indeed forgive, but when it comes to the media and the public, it can be another matter …

So San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom just announced a ban on official city travel to Arizona, because he claims the state’s new immigration law is “unacceptable.” Which leads me to explore what Newsom finds acceptable: Exhibit A: Turning the world’s most beautiful city, San Francisco, into a sprawling toilet with …

A recent field poll says Governor Schwarzenegger’s job approval rating is — ready — 27 percent, down from 65 percent shortly after he took office. The reason for Arnold’s collapse is that the Golden State is bankrupt. Can’t pay its bills. Has a $20 billion-dollar deficit. $20 billion. Now seven …

By now, you’ve no doubt heard the news that America lost a hero this past weekend. Alexander Haig has died. You’ve heard how this four-star general and former NATO commander served three presidents. How he shepherded Richard Nixon and us through that resignation. And prematurely told the world he was …