Month: February 2015

The phrase “political dialogue” is, in common American usage, criminally broad. To us, a political dialogue is simply any political conversation in which diverse viewpoints get time to state their case. True dialogue involves the consideration not of ideas only, but also of the persons who hold them. The distinction matters only rarely, but when...

Few social institutions have undergone as radical change as the family in recent years, and few social changes have been met with as much controversy. Many conservatives claim that there has been an immoral destruction of the “traditional” family in the last few decades. But the reality is that the social institution we call “the...

The second enrollment period for Obamacare ends on Feb. 15. Are you covered? If you are holding out in the hope that Obamacare will be repealed by the newly-elected Republican Congress, I have bad news for you: It won’t. Obamacare, according to the raw data, has resulted in a net total of 8.5 million more...

A recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland over the Christmas season has not only resulted in over 100 new cases of a disease thought long gone from the US, but also the renewal of the controversial vaccine debate. The outbreak has sparked a debate reaching new extremes, with some calling for those who opt out...