Opinion Columns
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Let Congress in on regulating carbonDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - In the 1970s and early '80s, having seized control of the U.N. apparatus (by power of numbers), Third World countries decided to cash in. OPEC was pulling off the greate...
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We're getting good at burying our shameDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Early in my column-writing career I took note of comments by the singer Madonna. A skin magazine had published nude photos of her, taken when she was a teenager. An inte...
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Thomson move by the (al-Qaida) prison handbookDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - There's no date yet for the garage sale at Gitmo. Nevertheless, White House officials are about to send off a supply of wardrobe boxes so 250 radical Islamist terrorist...
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Congress out of its league on BCSDec 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Two Saturdays ago, the nation was one tick of a Texas clock away from a cultural crisis. Nebraska led Texas 12-10 in the Big 12 Conference championship football game in ...
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The reluctant warriorsDec 12, 2009 10:00 pm - After Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, anyone still questioning whether he is really a Christian, rather than a Muslim aligned with fanaticism, needs to seek the...
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How to create jobs without really tryingDec 10, 2009 10:00 pm - In 1952, Shepherd Mead wrote a little book called "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." In 1961, it became an award-winning Broadway musical. It's an instr...
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In a story of too many miracles, hope for one moreDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Experiencing a miracle, not to mention witnessing one, ought to be a rare blessing. Yet, at 9 years old, Taylor Radtke has needed more miracles than most of us would eve...
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The flathead societyDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - "A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise." (Proverbs 15:12) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the route of many who would rather call name...
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A question of characterDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Americans are more divided than ever, and both Democrats and Republicans are to blame. So say a majority of citizens polled as part of USA Network's "Characters Unite" c...
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Stunningly ignorant exclusion of first great generationDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Once upon a time, Dec. 7 meant something to all Americans. Just like 9/11 still does for most of us. But that was a time when our leaders actually declared war instead o...