Now that the partial government shutdown is over, the news is becoming more focused on problems with the launch of the Affordable Care Act. Writing in…
The dominating news of this week is the efforts–failed, so far–of various factions in Congress to put together a deal that will reopen the government (or,…
Over at Public Discourse, Morgan Bennett has an important two-part article dealing with the social and legal issues surrounding internet pornography. In part one, Bennett argues…
Pope Francis’s efforts to reach out to non-Catholics have provoked a lot of comment, some of it from unexpected sources. This week, for example, the Washington…
The president’s radio address this weekend was dedicated to promoting the (still controversial) Affordable Care Act and hitting the House Republicans for the way in which…
House Republicans have decided to try to use the budget process to defund Obamacare, and this has made American liberals very angry indeed. Their commentary on…
For the rest of this week political commentators will be analyzing President Obama’s speech on Syria tonight. Given the gravity of the issues, the speech calls for careful…