Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.

At the heart of the gay marriage argument is an untruth: unions of two men or women are not the same as unions of husband and wife. The law cannot make it so, it can only require us to paint pretty pictures to cover up deep truths embedded in human nature.

Same-sex marriage is not the future.

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Whatever their defects, Christian fundamentalists have lived peacefully among us in America for several hundred years.