Citizen Cain: He’s able but unelectable
To all of those readers who say I should give my attention to the rising presidential campaign of Republican Herman Cain, I am happy to announce that he has it....
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Citizen Cain: He’s able but unelectable
To all of those readers who say I should give my attention to the rising presidential campaign of Republican Herman Cain, I am happy to announce that he has it....
Bring back the 20 stinging lashes?
When Peter Moskos' new book landed on my desk, I wasn't sure if it was going to be a treatise on crime and punishment or some sort of kinky sex...
Apocalypse, oops: Again
Harold Camping, the religious broadcaster who said Judgment Day would come last weekend, now says he doesn't want to talk about that anymore. I'm sure he doesn't. But I don't...
Make college worth the cost
It's hard to say which is more remarkable about Kayla Heard, that she is graduating from Washington State University at age 16 or that she earned her degree without ever...
Can this party get its groove on?
Donald Trump departed from the 2012 presidential race, which he never actually entered, in typical Trump style, supremely confident that he would have won if only he actually had run....
An un-Common culture war
How delighted the Chicago-based rapper Common must be to find that someone still views him as controversial. It's getting harder to shock people in these jaded times, especially for a...
A plea for better junk on television
Fifty years ago this week, then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow famously skewered the nation's daily television programming as "a vast wasteland." Today, it is still largely a wasteland,...
What bin Laden, Geronimo shared
Native American leaders are upset that Geronimo's name was used as code for Osama bin Laden. I respect their concern, but I don't think this particular reference is the insult...
Donald Trump’s bullying pulpit
Donald Trump stepped out of the helicopter that had his name painted on the side, walked across the tarmac and announced to reporters that he was proud of himself. This...