Although polls show Americans’ support for the war in Iraq is slipping, the public is not of one mind. Some oppose the war, some support it; many have mixed feelings. Just as soldiers in combat fight for each other and not for an ideology or a political position, there are issues on the home front […]

The war in Iraq, like the war in Vietnam, is a quagmire, but where does the comparison end? There’s a wall in Washington, DC that says the Vietnam War lasted 16 years and cost 58,000 American lives. Let’s hope we don’t match those statistics before we bring the troops home. As in Vietnam, it’s been […]

Science, law and religion are meeting this spring in state capitols and at local pharmacies. The topic of discussion is “Plan B,” a contraceptive drug sometimes called “the morning after pill.” Plan B is a concentrated dose of the hormone levonorgestrel and taking it will prevent a woman from ovulating, prevent an egg from being […]

Mexican President Vicente Fox put his foot in his mouth up to the knee last week. Speaking to a business group, he criticized U.S. immigration policy, saying Mexican workers are willing to go to the U.S. and perform jobs “that not even blacks want to do.” There was the usual uproar and, after initially standing […]