Forgive me for interrupting. It's impolite when everybody around the table seems to have settled into such a familiar, comfortable discussion about violence. Side by side we have folks complaining that Republicans are too meek on gun control and Democrats are too weak...

DAVID WAGNER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-21-2004 Culture wars -- Debate gets heated as the election approaches By DAVID WAGNER Date: 03-21-2004, Sunday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday IT'S A TYPICAL MONTH in America: Conservatives want to ban gay marriages...

It seems only a matter of time before the 2008 G.O.P. presidential field is minus its onetime presumptive front-runner, Arizona Senator John McCain. It was a colossally bad week, with the campaign’s manager, chief strategist and communications team hitting the bricks as its once-flush fund-raising...

Almost weekly, somewhere in the United States, the local news reports on a court case against a man caught soliciting young boys for sex on the Internet. Leave it to Sarah Schulman, the prolific lesbian HIV/AIDS activist and contemporary writer, to turn this predetermined culture...

“Several of the most contentious and passionate issues in current politics revolve around what can be called ‘cultural’ issues.” —Rhys H. Williams “Culture wars” became a popular catchphrase during the 1980s...