From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.

We have created not a Brave New World, but a vulgar marketplace, where human attributes come with a price tag.

Tom Walls' buddies remain an isolated minority, except during times of economic or social stress, when a mass following develops to blame cranky sociopaths for the problems besetting society. If it weren't for brown-nosing evil firebrands, he would have no friends. The ideas backing up his rejoinders are extremely superficial and sex-crazed.

Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence.

Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data.