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            Toronto Mayor Bob Ford is an alcoholic whose addiction is ruining his career.  (He admits he smoked crack during “one of my drunken stupors.”)  But alcohol is not the only thing on which to get drunk.  Former San Diego ...

By James Wilson                Advent – the four weeks prior to Christmas – is celebrated by Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians and Methodists, a large majority of the Body of Christ.  Orthodoxy – another fifth of the Body – celebrates ...

By James Wilson                                                                  Bart was a priest I knew thirty years ago, when I was still in seminary and needing a mentor.  Shortly after he agreed to be in this mentoring relationship with me he revealed that he ...

By James Wilson              I was thrilled by the Veteran’s March on Washington story that broke in mid October.  It was both peaceful and effective.  It was populated by veterans and their supporters – people who have earned the right ...

By James Wilson             When I played Little League ball I was good at everything – fielding, throwing, stealing bases – except hitting.  When I finally made upper division I didn’t get a hit the entire season.  The humiliation was ...

If social science is less objective than physical science, political science makes social science look as objective as a street map of Los Angeles.  Political Science does not access the kinds of studies, experiments, and double-blind tests that would qualify ...