this is an adventure

Interesting news: “Most cancers are rare in people with Down syndrome, whose overall cancer mortality is below 10 percent of that in the general population. Since they have an extra copy of chromosome 21, it’s been proposed that people with Down syndrome may be getting an extra dose of one or more cancer-protective genes.”

Before weighing in on the split-screen showdown that occurred today in Washington, let me be clear about the views I have on the questions before us: I write as one who believes that waterboarding is counterproductive at best, and torture at worst. I write as one who believes that torture rarely is justified. And I […]

The National Archives and AEI are not that far away from each other — close enough for former VP Cheney and President Obama to trade significant barbs this morning. Obama’s task was arguably more difficult: both the left and the right are upset with his policies, while Cheney’s defense was stronger than any Bush offered.

The problem Friedan described no longer exists. For most young American women today, the problem is not the futility and monotony of domestic life; it is choosing among the many paths open to them. Finding men as ambitious and well-educated as they are is another challenge. Life for women may be difficult, but the system […]