I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that never were and never will be.

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

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

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.

Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.

Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.

In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.