Hyde Park's Corner

The Supreme Court is finally reviewing the constitutionality of The Affordable Care Act . Finally. And I too have been reading about it, w...

From The Atlantic Magazine : Market thinking so permeates our lives that we barely notice it anymore. A leading philosopher sums up the hidd...

Many of you know my view is that more effective, universal education must form the core of any effort by America to address her future and...

Yes, bending or reshaping definitions to meet one's purpose or view--especially one's political purpose or view--is what we are ta...

From a recent NBC/msnbc article: [A] new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the combative and heavily scrutinized ...

From Mary Oliver, a poet ever sensitive to such things:                              Of the Empire           We will be known as ...

Sometimes it's hard to separate one's love of God from love of life, love of creation, love of people, and love of truth, whether s...

Warren Buffet has always commanded my admiration and respect, a man whose views and values extend well beyond his personal interest to wha...

Merwin reflects on some challenges and life factors influencing our understandings and expressions of identity. First, in "To Waiting...

Those headlines and feature stories confront us more often. We don't want to hear it, we don't. We certainly don't want to bel...