In the court of public opinion, a suspect is guilty until proven innocent. In either a case of life imitating art or art imitating life, we often see this expressed in dramatic television shows about police officers. Law enforcement agents in these shows

The things you own end up owning you. That’s what Brad Pitt’s character said in the movie, Fight Club. I love that line. It is so easy to let such superficial things define who we are. And this goes well beyond material possessions. I’ve known peopl

The premise of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is similar to 1984 by George Orwell, but also very different. Where Orwell described a government that would suppress the truth, Huxley described a world where we’d be overloaded with so much information w

Historically speaking, America has always believed in property rights. But there are those who believe the concept is entirely selfish in nature. On the surface, it does seem selfish. When you hear people defend their property rights, they often sound lik

In the 16th Century, we saw the Western world--Europe and eventually North America--surge ahead of the rest of the world in everything from technological advancements to financial prosperity. Since that time, we’ve begun to slip. The World Economic For

I want there to be a website which takes a current hot topic in politics at any given moment and creates a blog post about it. Whatever the politicians, the media, the political commentators, and the Internet altogether seems to be abuzz about. For instan

In the American political system, the fourth branch of government refers to a group that influences the three branches of governance defined in the American Constitution--legislative, judicial, and executive. Such groups can include the press (an analogy

Televangelist and founder of the Christian Coalition, Pat Robertson, with whom I have major theological, philosophical, and political differences, recently said something that even I must acknowledge was important, truthful, and courageous. Speaking abou

Henry Kissinger, former United States Secretary, said we should move forward with the assumption Iran is building nuclear weapons. Even if we do, why do we seem so determined to avoid diplomacy? Later in the episode, I set up a hypothetical situation to

According to Ben Reed, we should seek to balance grace and truth in the church. That's not in reference to what we have, but what we give. When it comes to sin and other issues of less-than-ideal behavior among our brethren, we have to determine how to re