WHAT IS THERE TO SAY IN AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY

What can Justine Mulhall possibly say?
“I’m sorry”?
“I didn’t mean to”?
“Forgive me, please”?
Would it be better to say nothing at all?
It’s a question that comes up whenever an accident turns truly tragic, when the unintentional actions of one person lead to devastating pain for others.
Two highly charged values immediately collide. The desire to say something real [...]

IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR LOVING THE KENNEDYS

“The Kennedy’s Had Issues: And Your Family Doesn’t?” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 30, 2009
You won’t find this in the Declaration of Independence. The concept is nowhere laid out in the Articles of Confederation or the Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
Ayn Rand be damned. The individual is not the basic unit of American society. The [...]