Truth, Justice,
and the Oxford Comma

Circle the Answer is a small attempt to do something big: encourage the notion that meaning and purpose arise from within each of us, when we pursue truth while caring sincerely for one another — and for all sentient life, including the Oxford comma.

News from some of the most reliable sources in the nation is updated throughout the day on the Headlines page.

The Analysis page looks beyond the headlines, providing additional news, analysis, and research.

Blogs and columns are posted occasionally on Insights.

The site includes nonscientific polls and surveys that will be changed or updated arbitrarily. They are meant to be fun and to inspire thought — and nothing more than that, for now.

This is a project of Chuck Melvin, a writer and journalist who has worked for The Associated Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Philadelphia Inquirer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Marquette University. Opinions attributed to him on this site are his alone.

Mission Statement

Driven by curiosity and inspired by the thinking of those who came before, we have arrived at this conclusion: Our purpose, our reason for being, is the pursuit of truth.

The search is neither easy nor likely ever to reach a conclusion. It is, however, a journey worth traveling, with eyes open and a steadfast appreciation for the value of life.