Bush’s ricochet romance with black voters
News media miss the point when they portray President Bush's historic speech to the National Urban League Monday as an effort to reach out to black voters. If anything, he...
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See what you want to believe in photos of Udai and Qusai
"Seeing is believing?" Don't believe that adage. As revealed in worldwide reactions to the news photos of the bullet-riddled bodies of Saddam Hussein's infamous sons Udai and Qusai: We see...
What we know about Kobe Bryant’s case
We should not jump to conclusions about the Kobe Bryant felony case. There's a lot we do not know about what went on in that Colorado hotel room between the...
Presidential politics: A time to pander, a time to push away
Ah, the "Pander Bears" are feeding again. Pander Bear was the late Paul Tsongas' unflattering nickname for his toughest rival, Bill Clinton, as they competed for the 1992 Democratic presidential...
No outright lies, just half-truths
President Bush's critics are overreacting a bit when they accuse him of "lying" in his now-famous 16 words of questionable Iraqi weapons claims. He did not lie. He simply told...
Deeper realities of Baker’s dust-up
I thought Dusty Baker was putting us on with his recent comments about skin color and heat tolerance, until he mentioned his mother. Believe me, when a black man brings...
Formerly aloof, Bush now embraces Africa
President Bush's multinational African safari displays one of his more valuable talents: He's a fast learner. That's a valuable talent to have when you don't know much. As a presidential...
Wrestling with the `Q-word’ in Iraq
Here comes that Q-word again. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wants you to know we are not in a "quagmire." Iraq is not a new Vietnam, either. You got that?...
Lawmakers peeking in your bedroom
In his fuming dissent from the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision in a Texas sodomy case, Justice Antonin Scalia says the next step is gay marriage. He does not make...
When smut filters end up blocking too much
If you happen to be reading this column on-line, you may have an unfiltered computer to thank or, depending on your point of view, to curse. The last time I...