Apr 03,2005
Bruckner: The divine and the beautiful
While we mourn the loss of Pope John Paul II, we should celebrating the music of another Catholic.
Apr 03,2005
The age of judicial activism must end
With the looming departure of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist from a heavily divided United States Supreme Court, the stakes are high for President Bush. What sort of Justice will...
Mar 27,2005
An Easter reflection on life and death
That so many think it is fine to let Terri Schiavo die shows that Pope John Paul II was painfully correct when he diagnosed our society as afflicted with a...
Mar 27,2005
Hear no evil, see no evil, file-share no evil?
Last year the Ninth Circuit accepted Grokster's argument that because it has no knowledge of what files are traded and no ability to filter them, it cannot be held liable...
Mar 21,2005
Recycling is garbage
I’ve always been told that art and politics don’t mix. But I’m starting to question this conventional wisdom. Sometimes politics could use more beauty and subtlety. And sometimes art could...
Mar 20,2005
Could you pull the plug?
“If I ever get like that, I don’t want to be kept alive. I want you to pull the plug.” My mother has told me that on more than one...