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Stop whining and pay your taxes
feature 'Tis the season
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Sean Penn and other 'useful idiots'
feature Back in the days of the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin referred to sympathetic foreigners as
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The nanny state’s new intrusion
feature I personally detest tobacco smoke, but anti-smoking crusaders have now gone too far, said William Saletan in Slate.com.
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The joys of living alone
feature It may not be for everyone, but going solo has clearly become a viable option, said Eric Klinenberg at The New York Times.
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Viewpoint: Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan
feature From The New York Times: “The device in your purse or jeans that you think is a cellphone—guess again....
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Viewpoint: Michael S. Teitelbaum and Jay M. Winter
feature From The New York Times: “Nearly half of all people now live in countries where women, on average, give birth to fewer than 2.1 babies...
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Viewpoint: Juliette Kayyem
feature From The Boston Globe: “It is now clear that the Tsarnaev brothers had no strategic plan but to kill in a very public fashion....
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Not everyone belongs in college
feature For years, our nation’s colleges have been churning out vastly more graduates than there are jobs requiring degrees, said Richard Vedder and Andrew Gillen at NationalReview.com.
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The end of the Christian Right?
feature The Christian Right may still play a role in a handful of states, but the sun is setting on its national influence, said Michael Kazin at The New Republic.
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Quote of the week: Former Vice President Dick Cheney
feature From a speech at the National Press Club: "“As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to ...
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Steve Jobs’s final moments
feature Just before he closed his eyes for the last time, the man who spent his life in search of beauty looked past those of us at his bedside at something only he could see, said Mona Simpson at The New York Times.
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Why doctors refuse heroic medical care
feature Like most doctors, I have made it clear that when my time comes, “I will go gently into that good night,” said Ken Murray at The Wall Street Journal.
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Joe Paterno’s side of the story
feature At Penn State, Paterno was known to exert “iron control” over anything concerning his football program, said Andrew Cohen at TheAtlantic.com.
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We need a new national anthem
feature “Anything would be better than those ‘bombs bursting in air,’” especially since they usually arrive off-key, said Michael Kinsley in The Washington Post.
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