Paul Greenberg

And so it begins: ''American Mothers. Would you sell your baby boy for one barrel of crude oil from the Arabian Desert? WE DO NOT WANT WAR!'' For now, that...

In a study of American society that has never been bettered, ''Democracy in America,'' Alexis de Tocqueville pointed out that every great political question in such a society sooner or...

Outrageous. Intolerable. Some sportsmen having a little fun with their prey have been fired upon in Jerusalem. All they were doing was chunking rocks at Jews, a time-honored custom throughout...

''Your people, sir, are a great beast!'' That was Alexander Hamilton`s supposed response to the idea of government by the people. At this juncture in the history of the Republic...

Any of us who had reservations about George Bush`s decision to confront Iraq`s Saddam Hussein can be assured by a news item out of Washington: J. William Fulbright, former chairman...

This is the last season for good ol` Comiskey Park on the South Side-good 80-year-old Comiskey Park, to be exact. It`s the oldest ballpark in the majors-older even than Fenway...

Everybody in this global village should get 15 minutes of fame, according to the late Andy Warhol. Institutions surely deserve as much: The United Nations is finally getting its quarter-hour...

The weekend summit at Helsinki demonstrated how fast the world has changed-is changing. Suppose the big news out of the Middle East only a couple of years ago was that...

Just when you thought it was safe to do business with the Soviet Union again, its foreign minister has come up with an idea that sounds suspiciously like one of...

Thomas Sowell. Shelby Steele. William Julius Wilson. Who are these people and why are they making such good sense? Thomas Sowell is an economist and, more than that, a reliable...