Commentary: No reason to fear U.N. resolution Agenda 21

| |Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2013

Hey, Missouri citizen. When you woke up this morning and gulped your orange juice, did you obsess about United Nations resolution Agenda 21?

Commentary: The media blew it on Iraq

| |Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013

A decade ago, the media screwed up, and screwed up royally.

We got the Iraq war wrong.

Commentary: A conundrum of capitalism - we want high wages, cheap goods

| |Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2013

The conundrum of capitalism is finally easing its tight hold on the economy.

The first part of the conundrum is the primal drive of most consumers to spend as little as possible on goods and services.

Commentary: We must remember Iraq war soldiers

| |Monday, Mar. 18, 2013

Today's front page contains the faces of Columbus-area soldiers who gave their lives in Iraq. Many of these are official Army photos, with the green-clad soldier standing at attention in front of the American flag.

Commentary: Empty rhetoric over nullification

| |Monday, Mar. 18, 2013

Pumped up on conservative steroids, many Republican legislators in Kansas and Missouri want to send a message to Washington, D.C.

It goes something like this: You can’t tell us what to do.

Commentary: Targeted killings have deadly, tainted history

| |Monday, Mar. 18, 2013

The name Patrice Lumumba doesn't mean anything to most Americans today, and certainly not to most people in my home state of Texas.

Commentary: The abortion debate and Jesus

| |Sunday, Mar. 17, 2013

I spent time with a group of readers the past couple of weeks, talking mostly about faith.

Commentary: Little knives and cellphones on planes? This won't end well

| |Sunday, Mar. 17, 2013

Gee, what could possibly go wrong with this?

At the same time the FCC is requesting that airlines ease up on restricting the use of cell phones, the TSA is fixing to relax rules so we can carry knives onto planes.

Commentary: Drone debate lands in Texas

| |Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013

Drone phobia is upon us.

Commentary: Helping alleviate the student debt trap

| |Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013

Nearly a year ago, President Obama came to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he campaigned for re-election by reaching out to young people saddled by crushing student debt and facing a jump in interest rates on their federal loans.