Dennis Byrne

We could solve America's energy problems if only the ideologues and special interests would bug out. Environmentalists zap any solution proposed by big business, such as nuclear power. Big business...

A television dance competition, of all things, has sparked an outbreak of racial anger reminiscent of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Prompted by what they saw on ABC's "Dancing with...

In Kansas, the Child Rape Protection Act requires doctors performing abortions on girls under 14 to preserve fetal tissue. The idea is to protect evidence that would help law enforcement...

Here's the script: First you flog the despicable, uncaring conservatives for "not doing enough," then when they do something, you flog them for screwing it up. A perfect example is...

We're supposed to think that Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president who controls the oil giant Citgo Petroleum Corp., really cares about the impoverished among us because he offered the Chicago...

It might make a good horror movie: global avian flu meets global warming. Sort of like King Kong meets Godzilla. We are warned that at least one of these global...

Might state and local Democrats actually be flirting with democracy? The entrance of independent, qualified and determined candidates into the party's primaries for governor and Cook County Board president is...

Here is a question for scientists who ridicule intelligent design, yet say they believe in God: When you pray, is it to a God who just sat around and watched...

And now a defense of profiling, by screeners at airport security points. Paying more attention to people who look and act like they might be terrorists is sensible, not racist....

Another Iraqi election will be held in a few weeks, so it's time for anti-war partisans to crank up the usual warnings that it'll be a big flop. Like former...