Headlines on Tuesday outraged Americans as the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals announced a decision that a family of a deceased Marine must pay the legal costs of the Westboro Baptist Church. If you are unaware of this story, let me fill in some details.
To call the Westboro Baptist Church “controversial” would be a [...]

President Obama’s surprise Sunday visit to Afghanistan served as an important reminder that while this country’s attention has been distracted by the economy and the health care debate, we are still at war in two different countries.
Frankly, I have to believe that many Americans heard the news of Obama’s visit and said to themselves, “oh [...]

The emotional fallout of the passing and signing of the Health Care reform bill has been fairly intense. The reports of hateful epithets, threats of violence and acts of vandalism are a sad commentary to the depths that some individuals will go when facing something they disagree with.
As wrong and as debased as these threats [...]

As Canada celebrates the conclusion of their best Winter Olympic games ever, and Russia prepares to host the next round, I can’t help but wonder if politics will play a greater role in the 2014 games than they did in the 2010 games.
While Canada certainly had home ice advantage for the Gold Medal hockey game, [...]