Mr. Abramoff is now off in a prison. We are all dreadfully aware of his sins. They have been very public. And he is aware of them, too. He wrote this in a final email to friends: “I have learned more lessons in the past three years than I have my whole life, and I…

…in December they are going to air a piece called “Welcome to the Future” with nerdy types like me talking about all sorts of different stuff. It was a great panel discussion. Jeff Greenfield of CNN, Irshad Manji, author of The Trouble with Islam Today, Amy Dickinson, advice columnist, and Ilario Pantano, a former Marine…

…imagine what that kind of money could do in Africa. And see what Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life is doing by asking that question: Race Against Time. Here is the basic pitch: Around the world people are running a desperate race – a life-or-death race against time. They’re racing to stop the…

A movie this afternoon in an attempt to forget about politics and see if I could find Jesus in Stranger than Fiction, the new Will Ferrell movie. First, the obvious: afternoon movies? Fantastic. Empty theaters (or at least mine was), no lines, choice seats, and the frightening justification that being there was part of my…

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