No law can give or take away the choice to commit suicide.

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points.

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.

For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.