Publications

**Remarks prepared for delivery to the Fourth World Congress of Families Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland.** I’m honored…

On the question of whether it is better to be feared than loved, Machiavelli notoriously advised his Prince to choose…

Whenever I meet with scientists, I’m always struck by their optimism — and their discontent. Mostly they are optimists, excited…

“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek,…

At Mass on the morning of April 17, hours after a shooting spree at Virginia Tech had left dozens dead…

President Bush took the extraordinary step of preemptively issuing a veto threat against an entire category of potential legislative tactics…

In terms of the format and the moderators, this was easily the worst political debate I’ve ever seen. Too many…

Barring a political earthquake, President Bush will leave office without achieving his goal of transforming Social Security. That’s too bad….

The New Yorker was once famous for the ferocity of its fact-checking and editing. No more. Any magazine whose editors…

When voters turned to new leadership in the 2006 midterm elections,a key reason was displeasure with the way Congress was…

In the past half-century, medical breakthroughs have improved the quality of life for millions of Americans—but American health care is…

“I truly believe the NIH is one of America’s greatest assets,” President George W. Bush said on a visit to…