American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.

Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.

George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

We want lives of simple, predictable ease-smooth, even trails as far as the eye can see-but God likes to go off-road.

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.

When politicians rush to fix things, it's a sure sign that either the intended patient is dead or fully healed.