A teahouse divided
Leaders of the tea party movement reacted angrily to the NAACP's call for the movement to purge "racist elements" from its ranks. Then a few days later one of the...
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A new ‘Willie Horton’
Having failed to convince us that President Barack Obama is a secret Muslim, a secret Kenyan and a secret pal of terrorists, his opponents now want us to believe he...
Climate change heats up again
Here's a question to the global warming deniers who sarcastically called me a dope during last winter's back-to-back-to-back blizzards on the East Coast: Is it hot enough for you now?...
Race cases win gun rights for all
Lobbyists for gun rights owe black Americans a historical debt of gratitude. The U.S. Supreme Court reminds us of this debt in its recent decision to overturn Chicago's sweeping prohibition...
Reform deferred
On the thorny issue of immigration, "this administration will not just kick the can down the road," says President Barack Obama — after almost a year and a half of...
Reform deferred
On the thorny issue of immigration, "this administration will not just kick the can down the road," says President Barack Obama — after almost a year and a half of...
The trouble with charter schools
Charter schools receive a lot of well-deserved attention this time of year when they appear to be performing miracles. But what about the ones that don't? The Obama administration believes,...
Two generals’ tales
Looking back, it is ironic that Pentagon brass thought Gen. Stanley McChrystal needed to make himself more available to the media. That was before an embedded Rolling Stone magazine reporter...
Small loans, big business
It's not really fair to refer to payday lenders as loan sharks. After all, loan sharks don't have their own lobbyists. Nor do loan sharks advertise with big signs on...
Big oil, ‘small people’
Let's hear it for the small people. Something got lost in translation when BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (cq), a Swede, referred to victims of his company's Gulf of Mexico oil...