Ed Spivey Jr. The following is an excerpt from economic philosopher Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations treatise, one of the driving intellectu ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Editor’s Note: Okay, Ed, the lawyer has finished looking through your column to make sure it’s totally nonpartisan and that ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Putting stickers on cars is a different kind of superpower. Important note: The following reve ...

Ed Spivey Jr. It's Ordinary Days, the Miller Time of the liturgical year. July is a special month. And no ...

Ed Spivey Jr. The Supreme Court is about to rule on guns. Be afraid. As you read this, the U.S. Su­preme Court ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Here at Sojourners, we neither toil nor spin. The economy, as you may remember from last month, ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Worried about your financial future? Have a Life Saver. While Congress debates President Bush’s ...

Ed Spivey Jr. The voice of the people. Even the crazy ones. (Columns, Humor, Jubilee 2000, Media, H'ru ...

Ed Spivey Jr. The Prosperity Gospel lets us have our cake and eat it, too. Also cookies. And donuts. How was ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Our private contractors have sacrificed enough in Iraq. As the Iraq war moves to­ward its fifth ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Someone foolishly suggested I should actually play in public. After less than a year of violin ...

Ed Spivey Jr. As the election season progresses and the inevitable wreckage shows up on the side of the road—Gilmore who? ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Our neighborhood has changed. It's now delicious. At least I think that's the wor ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Only one man can beat Fred Thompson in the 2008 race. t last count, there were 327 men competing ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Is this the end of productive society as we know it? A number of people have approached me and a ...

Ed Spivey Jr. 3,000 coffees to go please. And one decaf. Editors' Note: Despite the fact that it&# ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Although, some less so than others. Here at the Sojou ...

Ed Spivey Jr. We cannot rest on our laurel, once we find out what it is. During a recent congressional hearing ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Which sounds better, President Newt or President Mitt? In the past year, while you were avoiding ...

Ed Spivey Jr. The humor has been called Actually, I meant to say 150 columns . Sorry. One-hundred-fifty yea ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Just try to play the violin under a low-hanging ceiling fan. There comes a time in a man’s life ...

Ed Spivey Jr. It was a year to remember. (Do we have to?) Without question, this past year was one for the hi ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Detroit: Our top story today is the recall of 7.4 million sport utility vehicles after General Motors technicians discover ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Welcoming al Qaeda's dynamic new leader in Iraq. Congratulations to Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, t ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Elvis was perhaps our greatest English speaker. In accordance with the recent Senate action that ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Anyone in this country illegally should leave. But first... Congress and the White House hav ...

Ed Spivey Jr. One man's personal quagmire, and it has nothing to do with Iraq. Keep ’em laughing, I alway ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Space in al Qaeda? Consider the lowly broccoli, pictured here actual size so that we can discuss ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Today's toddler, in his front-facing carrier, thinks he can fly. As a father who has raised ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Apparently, 'a-wassailing' means 'meeting with my lawyers.' Setting a high ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Keeping an 'eye on Washington' in this crucial election year. As Americans prepare for ...

Ed Spivey Jr. This Christmas, avoid the partridge in the pear tree. If it sneezes. Advent is a season of hope ...

Ed Spivey Jr. FEMA has announced a bold new initiative: Third Responders. Thar They Blow... ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Ever notice how the great novels tend to be really long? An Epic Experience ...

Ed Spivey Jr. What if Jesus had professional consultants? It seems like only yesterday that Am ...

Ed Spivey Jr. My feeble attempts at Spanish were complicated by the idiomatic peculiarities of the language. ...

Ed Spivey Jr. John Bolton again failed to win. At press time, At press time, the ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Our troubled world needs young people. And their iPods. This month I' ...

Ed Spivey Jr. A way to save Social Security, Medicare and Lockheed Martin. This being our spec ...

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Ed Spivey Jr. Fortunately, social structures are well established. If you're cool. After ...

Ed Spivey Jr. We're talking about REAL science, important science. Now that a chastened G ...

Ed Spivey Jr. I'm the one usually throwing things at the TV. One of the greatest challeng ...

Ed Spivey Jr. I'd miss the good old days, but they were before my time. I' ...

Ed Spivey Jr. We'll miss much about the election season. Or not. This has been a tough e ...

Ed Spivey Jr. I've always wanted a lawyer. I have a plumber, but it's not the same. ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Funerals need to be a little more balanced, with time for rebuttal. The battle w ...

Ed Spivey Jr. It' It's that special season again. The time when nature spreads its vociferous colors everywhere, igniting the world with the d ...

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