Articles filed under Commentary

• The United States of Gambling May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Froma Harrop: Each state's easy-come of living off gamblers seems to be vanishing as nearby states get in on the action.
  

   
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  Real pension reform means structural change May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Op-ed columnist Elliott Hartstein: Failure to promptly implement structural changes to the pension systems would only mean that the problem will be augmented.
  

   

• The Mitt you see is what you get May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Richard Cohen: The forces that shaped him in the primaries and caucuses will not go away. He has been clay in the hands of the political right and this will not change.
  

   

• The citizen and the government May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Cal Thomas: When government takes money from people who earn it, government has a responsibility to spend it wisely and in ways that achieve the ends set down in our founding documents.
  

   

• Same-sex marriage: Empathy or right? May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Charles Krauthammer: Obama knows he has boxed himself in. His "rights" argument compels him to nationalize same-sex marriage and sharpen hostility to proponents of traditional marriage — a place he is loath to go.
  

   

• A whiff of ‘hope and change’ May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Eugene Robinson: President Obama could have kept silent on gay marriage, and frustrated progressives still would have voted for him. Instead, he spoke out.
  

   

• Grief is not a mental illness May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• The menace of bipartisanship May 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist George Will: Between now and July, the two parties will pretend that it is a matter of high principle how the government should pretend to "pay for" the $6 billion student loan benefit while borrowing $1 trillion this year.
  

   

• Dealing with life’s disappointments May 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  There are things you just cant change, and you confront them on big days like graduation. And there are things you can change, and you will.
  

   
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  Preserve home-visit funds for kids’ sake May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Guest columnist: Child abuse and neglect is incredibly expensive. The cost of funding home visiting is far less than the cost of doing nothing.
  

   

• Silicon slumming May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Froma Harrop: The entire wealth of the Facebook enterprise is based on the munchkins willingness to surrender their privacy and friends names data to be packaged a thousand ways and sold to the highest bidder.
  

   

• Romney is short on specifics May 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Eugene Robinson: My guess is that Republicans wont want to talk about the past or the future in much detail. Theyd like to keep things blurry,
  

   

• Religion as partisan trump card May 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Michael Gerson: Even when Obama changes his political views, Jesus somehow comes around to agreeing with him.
  

   

• Evolution of a narrative May 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Kathleen Parker: Yes, Obamas statement supporting gay marriage carries symbolic weight, but it changes nothing.
  

   

• Mayor Bloomberg’s 5,600 lives saved May 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• The American dream in an automobile May 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Who’s on first? May 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Susan Estrich: If Romneys going to win in November, he should be ahead right now. And he isnt.
  

   

• Echoes of ’67: Israel unites May 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  Columnist Charles Krauthammer: Benjamin Netanyahu could have ensured four more years in power. He chose instead to form a national coalition that guarantees 18 months of stability 18 months during which, if the world does not act to stop Iran, Israel will.
  

   

• A generational shift in cultural attitudes May 11, 2012 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Education should have 2nd and 3rd acts May 11, 2012 12:00 AM