Media Apply God-Talk Double Standard
By Colleen Carroll Campbell
Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008
For the past eight years, Americans have heard an awful lot about theocracy. The rumblings began in 2000, when Bush answered a debate query about his favorite philosopher by citing "Jesus Christ, because he changed my heart." When Obama recently trumpeted his decision to "let Jesus Christ into my life" and make "faith-based" social service a "moral center of my administration," warnings about theocracy could not be heard.  [Read More]

A Man of Hope
By Colleen Carroll Campbell
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008
The suffering Dad endured -- from the first terrifying days of his diagnosis, when he knew what lay before him, to the last day of his life, when he struggled for the strength to kiss my Mom on the cheek -- has challenged myeasy ideas about hope. Hope based on a sunny disposition or happy circumstances cannot stand in the face of Alzheimer's, and Dad's intellect and optimism could not protect him from its ravages.  [Read More]

The Hate Disease
By George Weigel
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008
The next president of the United States should take a close look at Dr. Attah Abu Al-Subh; so should the people who will elect the 44th president. Dr. Al-Subh is not your random nutter. He is, by all appearances, a distinguished gentleman in late middle-age -- the refined face of Hamas. Beneath the surface, however, boils a cauldron of hate.  [Read More]

An Anthem Switch?
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
As America celebrates Independence Day, let's ponder a switch in national anthems, substituting "America the Beautiful" for the poem Francis Scott Key wrote during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor during the War of 1812.   [Read More]

A Father's Lesson: Joy and Dignity Amid Dementia
By Colleen Carroll Campbell
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2008
When Ronald Reagan died in 2004 after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's, pundits across America repeated the conventional wisdom about dementia. The former president was only a "shell" and "shadow" of himself in his later years, they said. Those comments always bothered me, but I never fully understood why until two weeks ago, when I lost my father, Thomas Patrick Carroll Sr., to the same disease.  [Read More]