The lesser evil is, after all, evil just the same. The greater harm may not be choosing between two evils, but the acceptance that there is no other choice. That is the most insidious of all ...

The black-and-white thinking in our politics brings to mind a skill that the state of Texas requires me to teach my college students: critical thinking.

“Five years later, Orwell published an essay called ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War,’ in which he states, ‘War is evil, and ...