Finally, Obama’s ideas getting some air time
I hope Sen. Barack Obama remembered to send Australia's Prime Minister John Howard a Valentine's Day card. The prime minister has done the Democratic presidential hopeful from Illinois a tremendous...
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Wise, but unnecessary HPV laws
Federal approval of the first vaccine against cancer has ripped open a riveting debate about how far lawmakers should go to protect us from ourselves. It's an age-old question. In...
Biden’s remark articulates a gap in understanding
On a scale of 0 to 10, 0 being a minor annoyance and 10 being a complete outrage, the kerfuffle over Sen. Joseph Biden's use of "clean" and "articulate" to...
A burr under apathy’s saddle
Folks who can't handle too much truth have been relieved of a major burr under their saddles. Of all the fellow commentators to whom I have paid the high honor...
Blame-shifting ravages New Orleans
Mardi Gras is coming, but life still is hard in the Big Easy. Almost 1 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina, the murder rate is up, tourism hasn't recovered and the...
Doubt biggest hurdle for ’08 diversity trifecta
A conservative Midwestern talk-radio host recently asked me a question that I am certain haunts many minds these days: "If Barack Obama doesn't get elected, are black people going to...
Bumpy ride on way to White House
"A lie can travel halfway around the world," Mark Twain is said to have exclaimed, "while the truth is putting on its shoes." What an optimist he was. In this...
Buchwald takes an era with him
I used to wonder what the old, uh, ferrets of the newspaper business were talking about when they grew all wistful and blubbery about "the passing of an era." With...
Ready for Obama’s big test–and ours
This time he's not kidding. "As many of you know, over the last few months I have been thinking hard about my plans for 2008," Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday...
Bush’s urge to surge
President Bush wept. The tears caught by news cameras came Thursday during a ceremony to award the Medal of Honor to the late Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham in the East...