Parents of problem kids also end up wondering why
Finally we are getting a chance to hear from the parents of one of the killers from Columbine High School. Unfortunately it comes to us filtered through a famous family-life...
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Click here: Raising your little electronic bundle of joy
Scientists in Israel are "raising" a computer program as if it were a child, according to news reports. As a parent, I have a simple question for those scientists: Are...
Fight for press freedom continues
News from faraway places takes on a riveting closeness when it happens to someone you know. My world suddenly got very small when I heard two recent news items about...
Al Sharpton weighs his next big loss
A race for the White House by the Rev. Al Sharpton? Why not? He's good at losing. He lost a race for the Senate in 1994. He lost another race...
The never-ending tap dance around affirmative action
In its first opportunity to take a stand on affirmative action, the Bush administration is taking a U-turn by deciding not to change directions. If that sounds a little wacky,...
Bully pulpit sacks medical gains
President Bush's first television chat to the nation amply showed us why he hasn't given more television chats to the nation. His discomfort was showing. As his eyes made their...
Clinton, `the outsider,’ is back `in’ again
It sounded like a joke when friends of Bill Clinton revealed his plans to relaunch his ex-presidency. What did he have in mind? A retirement or a trip to the...
Fallout in rebate sweepstakes
Thank you, Mr. President. Thanks to your tax rebate I have received something in the mail that I normally do not expect: Good news from the Internal Revenue Service. I...
Immigration timing couldn’t be better
If you have just awakened from a seven-year snooze in a time capsule, you might look at today's immigration debate and think you are on another planet. Remember when California...
We’re not ready for `colorblindness’
Ward Connerly says he wants to get rid of racial classifications. But he really doesn't. At least he didn't sound like it during a recent telephone conversation I had with...