Editor’s note: Ellen Ratner wrote this op-ed for Fox News Opinion while working for a week in December with Christian Solidarity International as a volunteer in Southern Sudan. In the mental health field there is a term used by professionals called “word salad.” It refers to the seemingly rambling and …

There is no good reason at law or otherwise not to allow the steel beam in the shape of a cross to be placed in the museum at Ground Zero. I speak as a member of the New York Bar, a Jew and a family member of a Nephew a …

Imagine for a second, the Denver Broncos quarterback is a devout follower of Islam, sincere and principled in his beliefs and thus bowed toward Mecca to celebrate touchdowns. Now imagine if Detroit Lions player Stephen Tulluch and Tony Scheffler mockingly bowed toward Mecca, too, after tackling him for a loss …

Lindsay Lohan’s 90-day sentence is a perfect example of how messed up and ridiculous our criminal justice system is. All of the available research on alcoholism shows that it is a disease. Locking someone up in jail, not allowing them access to other inmates and not providing treatment has been …

Credit or debit? This might be the last Christmas you get to make that choice. Under new proposed regulations released by the Federal Reserve pursuant to the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill. The check-out process generally goes so smoothly that we don’t even think about it, but these regulations could create …

Lost amid the hand-wringing over Israel’s botched flotilla raid last month and speculation about the diplomatic fallout for the Jewish state has been perhaps the most significant development, namely the resurgence of Hamas. On political and financial life support not even a month ago, Hamas has become the face of …

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater snaps, hurls obscenities, grabs some beer and slides down an emergency exit – tossing away a 28-year career. And he smiles on his way to lockup. An angry customer “loses her cool at an Ohio McDonald’s.” She gets upset they stopped selling Chicken McNuggets, so …

America’s public schools have been blamed for a lot of the nation’s problems over the years, but the new documentary “Waiting For Superman” adds a new and shocking charge. After recounting the dismal performance of an inner-city high school, the speaker, an aggressive promoter of charter schools, looks into the …

What a man is this President Sebastian Pinera of Chile! He believes in God and is not afraid to say so. He doesn’t care about being ridiculed by the American Civil Liberties Union or its Chilean equivalent: He orders church bells to be rung to celebrate the amazing, truly miraculous …

The media just loves to hate Sarah Palin. And, if polls are to be believed, the constant media bombardment has hurt her standing among many independents. Unfortunately, over the last couple of weeks, even conservative media pundits such as Mona Charen, Peggy Noonan, George Will, Joe Scarborough and Matt Labash …