• The Romney Prayer

    As Mitt Romney accepts the Republican nomination this week in Tampa, Florida, he must be a man at war with two strong emotions. First, he must be very thankful that his campaign is neck-and-neck with the president. But then, just as that thought finishes, he must be very distraught at the perilousness of his situation.…

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  • I learned a valuable lesson in the fall of 2003. For a 20-year-old, it vulgarly and violently shattered whatever cemented notions I held of power. Literary texts and other conventional sources of wisdom that had helped crystallize a young man’s idealistic view of power suddenly became limp. Only one thing, and one thing now means…

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