“It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.”  — Herbert HooverThe dark shadow of restrictions upon free speech...

“Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.”— John F. Kennedy, news conference, April 21, 1961, after failure of Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba The foreign policy debate in this country often divides between those who advocate for greater...

For those of us who oppose the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement — which we’ve repeatedly referred to in these pages as the Delegitimize Israel (DLI) movement — one of the particular challenges is how to address the impassioned social...

The sudden death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia of course leaves a massive void on the highest tribunal in the land. But his passing also reminds us of something sorely lacking in today’s polarized climate — namely, that it’s possible...

So often we hear these public debates about the role and size of government. Business interests lobby for fewer regulations, while public interest groups advocate for more protections for people’s health and safety.Often these disagreements come in...

“Reform Jews are a group of clowns who stab the holy Torah,” (Knesset Finance Committee Chair Moshe) Gafni said, according to Walla news. “There will never, ever be recognition for this group of clowns, not at the wall and not anywhere else.”—...

Intersectionality, the seemingly newest political trend (hold on, there might be another one in a week, stay tuned!) is in some ways like a one-night hookup: It seems fresh and exciting when there’s only one thing on each person’s mind, but the next...

Honor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that the Lord your God is assigning to you.— The Fifth Commandment; Exodus 20:12 If the previous sale of the Cedars to a private owner represented at least a technical knockout,...

I rolled out this mornin’ the kids had the morning’ news show onBryant Gumbel was talkin’ ’bout the fighting in LebanonSome senator was squawkin’ ’bout the bad economyIt’s gonna get worse you see, we need a change in policy…We sure could...

Is it OK to ignore the law and take matters into your own hands by committing or threatening acts of violence to right a perceived wrong?Absent certain very narrow exceptions in Western legal history, most notably self-defense, or defense of others (and...

What we wish for the year 2016 is more than 140 characters.The craving to say things fast and first — enabled by Twitter’s harsh limit on posting lengths — has in this day and age often taken over the need to process complicated things in a thoughtful...

Public policy that ignores data and research is bad. Public policy that deliberately prevents the accumulation of data through research is worse.Missouri public policy discussion on guns right now is bad. Very bad. It comes down to rabid zealots in the...