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  We heard a lot this election cycle about an affordability crisis, with some pundits concluding that the American Dream is out of reach for Gen Z. Having two 20-something sons, I dutifully read the op-eds and listened to the online experts, hoping to learn some tips for my... Read More →

  On October 15, sixteen-year-old Griffin J. John II shot his way into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Once inside, he opened fire in a special-education classroom, killing three children and one teacher and wounding others. News about the cold-blooded murder... Read More →

  The building and location of data centers is one of the few political issues that can cut across party lines and get people to pack town hall meetings. NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) is perhaps the most powerful driver of public opinion, as people contemplate their quality of... Read More →

  The late Cardinal O’Connor celebrated a special Mass on December 28th, 1993, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, at Holy Innocents church in Manhattan. He was there to dedicate the church’s new shrine in memory of children who died unborn—the Shrine of the Holy Innocents. My... Read More →

  Someone attached a wrecking ball to the Swinging Pendulum. The “swinging pendulum” has always been with us and reflects the shift between opposing positions, such as government involvement vs. market freedom, security vs. civil liberties, or conservative vs. liberal... Read More →

  Attention! Two flashing, clanging alarm bells have just gone off, drawing the gaze of Americans to the futility and inhumanity of capital punishment. The first alert is the non-execution of 50-year-old Christa Pike by the state of Tennessee. Pike, who was convicted of the... Read More →

  A decade ago, IVF experts spoke out against the common practice of transferring multiple embryos to the uterus, published in the New York Times. The multiple-birth method has been normalized by clinics—hoping to enhance pregnancy rates to attract patients—but experts... Read More →

  I grew up in the Great Age of Smoke. Wherever you went, you could not escape the puffs in public and private. People lighted up in offices, stores, restaurants, hospitals, doctors’ offices, indoor arenas, the back of buses, and even while sitting in the last rows on... Read More →

  From a Massachusetts courtroom to a grieving mother in Japan, remembering innocent lives can be an act of defiance.   As Lindsay Clancy sat on trial in Massachusetts for the murder of her three small children, it looked as though her defense counsel, Kevin Reddington,... Read More →

  The trouble with the Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity defense is its vulnerability to partiality and yes, I’m talking about the Lindsay Clancy case. The idea of a mother strangling her kids to death is so awful, so against nature the only explanation is insanity. She must... Read More →