| Jun 11, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyYes, the truth Will set us free; But it’s not found On NBC. Freedom of the press, that inspired rallying cry of our democracy, is becoming a poignant memory. In its latest ranking of how such freedoms stack up worldwide, Reporters Without Borders ranked the...
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| Jun 7, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyDonald Kaul’s column on the late Charles Colson generated many letters to the editor published by the Des Moines Register and other newspapers. Some were irate. It “was one of the most despicable things I have ever read,” wrote Alan Hulling of Clive,...
| May 28, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyWe’ve been hearing about it for years, and now the time has come. In May, the Census Bureau announced that for the first time, the birth rate of people of color exceeded that of whites: 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent. The United States of America is still a...
| May 21, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyWhen you ask conservatives for proof of the “liberal media bias” they are so concerned about, you often get a response along the lines of, “The media are liberal because we say so! It’s obvious.” So I was happy to find a case where the...
| | Rights / DemocracyOne of the great villains of Richard Nixon’s villainous administration went to his final reward last month. Charles Colson, Tricky Dick’s master of dirty tricks, died of complications after suffering a brain hemorrhage at the age of 80. For those who...
