Recently, the New York Times ran a major interview with Professor Richard Dawkins of Oxford University under the banner headline of “A Knack for Bashing Orthodoxy.” This world famous …
Wednesday, September 21, was a consciousness-raising day in the United States. It is always a conscious-raising occasion when a high profile public execution is about to take place. The people …
The president has made his dramatic appeal to a joint session of congress for a jobs bill and the Republican House of Representatives leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor …
As I watch political gridlock creating recession in the United States, I find myself at a loss for words. It does not help that I have just finished reading …
My heart aches for Norway. I have visited that country where I lectured in a large Lutheran Church in downtown Oslo and admired some of Norway’s most creative clergy. …
Either those who now run the legislative wing of our government are irresponsible and frivolous with this nation’s health and well being or there is something I do not …
Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to have lunch with the Rev. Dr. Loren B. Mead, known to many of you as the creator of the Alban Institute. …
The political debate, as it is viewed on the twenty-four hour a day cable news television channels, is frequently more amusing than informative. The necessity of keeping an audience …
I value the letters I receive from my readers. They often offer me new perspectives, bringing to my attention new facts that contribute significantly to my understanding or challenge …
On February 14, I took my wife to the Valentine concert at the Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. This concert featured the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the …