Why liberals are lovin’ the birthers
Donald Trump has joined the "birthers," the odd movement that questions President Barack Obama's Hawaii birth certificate. That's a good way for the celebrity billionaire to appear as though he's...
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New benchmarks of social change
So you think we Americans know ourselves? New census numbers reveal that a lot of our 20th century racial and ethnic assumptions are overdue for an overhaul. For example, the...
Goldilocks doctrine: The right course?
Americans can always be counted upon to do the right thing, Winston Churchill is said to have declared, after exhausting all of the alternatives. In that spirit, President Barack Obama...
NPR’s real headache is local
Could NPR survive without public funding? That depends on which NPR you're talking about. There are two NPRs. There's the national news and talk show syndicator formerly known as National...
Does Islam have a monopoly on extremists?
Why, I once asked a Muslim colleague, don't I hear moderate Muslims speak out against Islamic extremists? "Maybe you're not listening," she said. Her "maybe" barely concealed her exasperation. To...
Fox’s revolving door of pols
Would I ever consider running for office? Amazingly, I sometimes have been asked. No way, I respond. Why would I want to put myself through all of the abuse that...
Weighing in on physical fitness
Everyone supports physical fitness, it appears, until first lady Michelle Obama calls for it. That's where the sensible folks begin to split off from the wingnuts. Fortunately, New Jersey Gov....
Emanuel defuses the race bomb
It seemed like a good idea at the time. After Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he would not run for re-election, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other prominent black leaders...
Union-busting goals
If anything is clear in the labor clash that has brought Wisconsin government to a screeching halt it is how neither side has been all that clear about what the...
The way to do multiculturalism right
Among their other headaches, some of Europe's biggest leaders are troubled by the lukewarm state of their countries' melting pots. As in the United States, a combination of economic recession,...