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On Feb. 21, Doubleday will publish the book that cost me my job: "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy." The germination began when I heard about the extraordinary efforts made by the White House to ram the Medicare drug benefit through the House of Representatives during the night. Until that point, I had given President Bush the benefit of the doubt—even on things with which I was uncomfortable. For example, I had reluctantly concluded the Iraq War was justified on the basis of what I knew at the time it began. I don't normally...

Is IANSA calling for a global ban on guns? Does IANSA think that nobody should own guns? Our members around the world are working to reduce gun ownership in their communities because that is what will make people safer. The situation varies from country to country; at a minimum, we believe that private gun ownership should be subject to basic standards including gun licensing an registration, with a ban on civilian owner ship of military weapons. In many countries if you want to drive a car you need a driver's license, and if you want to buy a car, the...

QUESTION: What if I REALLY have trouble with all of the "thee's" and "thou's" in the Bible? ANSWER: So what? Read it anyway.