The saddest part is that, if and when the ACLU has its way, and girls and boys are required to play football together, and the weaker sex gets all the broken bones .... it will be too late for those paraplegics to "learn" that there really are differences.

After reading the 120 comments so far, I'm interested in seeing the backup for the accusations of . . . well, everyone. Some accuse Nixon, Woodward & Bernstien and Bradley, others Clinton(s), Ford, Reagan, others Berger, Elsberg, North (I guess that was in my own mind), and others whose names I can't recall until I read the whole thing again. It's discouraging to think the one is so in the dark about "secret doings" which affect us all and the country more. And, since the press is the most often accused of bias and lying or lack of covering the truth, I am left wishing I had time and intelligence enough to do the research needed. I'm staying up to date with God but everything else is still confusing.

Cashe said, "To Allen West I would say that if you are too chicken to tell us who these communists are, then you shouldn't have brought it up in the first place." That's the only one of the 48 comments so far that makes sense. Paul is essentially saying the same thing in the column. I disagree with Paul for pointing out that Democrats paint our guys with brushes "too wide" all the time: we should never justify doing so because they do so. Both Paul and West should be more specific.

If enough Christians and Jews would actually live by all of the 10 Commandments, there would be absolutely no need to have a display of the Decalogue anywhere in public. All ten principles would be seen in their daily lives (every day) and in their decision-making in every arena - commercial, social, political, even sports. Many ACLU types would actually emigrate rather than put up with so many believers. I fear that the more we waste time and type and money on trying to get the Commandments and the slogans ("In God we trust", etc.) in public display, the less we actually put them into practice. Are we afraid to let our faith shine by itself, from inside us? Repent, religious people! Repent!

Narnia, which are now published in a different order than CSL had them.

This was a delightful read - the quotes and all the comments below. Most of us share a love for CSL's works and the suggestions for "further reading" are quite interesting, too. On a more negative note, I am one of the "several" if not "many" who collect and read only those books published before Lewis' death (1963) and the one book that was in the process of publication and came out in 1964. This is the only way to assure that one has ONLY the un(w)altered works of CSL. Walter Hooper became the editor of almost eveything else that has been published and re-published and re-packaged and re-published. A first-time reader couldn't decipher whether the book has been changed or not. The most prominent example is the Chronicles of

I just re-read the essay on Bulverism (in the book "God in the Dock" which is a collection of Essays by CSL, and it seems to me that he did not use "ad hominem" because he sees Bulverism as of a wider application than just what ad hominem refers to; it would be, then, just one of the ways in which Bulverism is seen.

Let him finish cleaning up NJ and let's judge him on that record before we suggest anything in our national government.

There are, however, self-evident truths which do not have any scientific proof. You can't prove scientifically that your mother is your mother. [DNA would be close, but not conclusive scientifically]. You have witnesses, you have documents, you have your own experience, but none of that is scientific proof. There were witnesses to the Resurrection, there are historical documents, etc. but, still, there is no scientific proof.

. . . anyone else. Especially since there is every likelihood that we could bring him down, don't delay justice. Do it now. Then, keep a headcount of all the congressmen who opposed the move, who fought it, and they, too, will feel the wrath when their elections come around. And all of us can feel somewhat cleaner about our political process.