Opinion Columns
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Red lines as red herrings over SyriaMay 01, 2013 5:00 am - Watching the PBS “NewsHour” the other night, I caught a debate between two academics about whether the U.S. should intervene in Syria. The British, French and Israelis s...
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For GOP, obstruction’s riskMay 01, 2013 5:00 am - Since Franklin Roosevelt busted the curve, presidents have generally tried to avoid the 100-day measure of their effectiveness. But as President Obama’s second term reac...
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The Bush I knewApr 30, 2013 5:00 am - In a reprieve from the horror of the most recent terrorist attack, the nation’s attentions turned to the man who declared the war on terrorism, George W. Bush. During Th...
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We’re in dangerApr 29, 2013 5:00 am - In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, lawmakers are demanding answers from the FBI. They want answers not only about the Tsarnaev brothers — Did they act alon...
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Supreme Court saves our privacy; media sleepsApr 29, 2013 5:00 am - I'd feared that, after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and, even worse, Barack Obama, the Fourth Amendment's protection of our personal privacy had nearly vanished. But o...
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A principled presidentApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum here has been an occasion for both friends and critics of the former president to press their case. ...
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Newspapering hardly deserves its ‘worst’ labelApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - I knew it was bad, but I didn’t think it was the worst. I’m referring, of course, to the survey in Careercast.com that ranks newspaper reporters, and implicitly everyone...
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The terror of not knowingApr 26, 2013 5:00 am - As the manhunt for the Boston bombing suspects reached its climactic conclusion, Americans of all hues and backgrounds heaved a sigh of relief. Thank goodness it wasn’t ...
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The serenity of George W. BushApr 24, 2013 5:00 am - I envy few people — maybe Nelson Mandela for his indomitable courage, maybe Philip Roth for his abundant talent, maybe even George Clooney for how much he seems to enjoy...
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Ideological impairment over IslamApr 24, 2013 5:00 am - In 2009, Ruslan Tsarni and his nephew Tamerlan Tsarnaev had a bitter argument over the implications of their faith. Tsarnaev announced he had chosen “God’s business” ove...