DEAR CAROLYN: I’m pretty apathetic about receiving gifts because of my practicality. If I want or need it, I’ll buy it myself. My in-laws love to give presents. As my mother-in-law is not well-off, ...

Dear Carolyn: I'm pretty apathetic about receiving gifts because of my practicality. If I want or need it, I'll buy it myself. My in-laws love to give presents for holidays and birthdays. As my mother ...

What is the American character? We can approach this question by looking at some international philosophical stereotypes. Traditionally, the Germans are idealists, the French rationalists, the English ...

Peter Berkowitz has an interesting essay in the Weekly Standard on Obama’s pragmatism. In it, he argues that Obama’s much-touted Pragmatism is deeply ideological. This is straight up my alley. So I ...

Former congressman Barney Frank and the writer William F. Buckley Jr. could hardly have been more at odds in their political views. The Massachusetts Democrat remains a staunch liberal, while Buckley ...

New South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will pursue a "pragmatic" foreign policy that will seek to rebuild ties with the United States and Japan while taking a "carrot-and-stick" approach to North ...