Articles filed under Commentary
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Why Tim Pawlenty is no ReaganJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - They, some Republicans, are at it again with the pipe dream of helping the middle class by making the rich much richer. We speak of Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota governor and ...
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Andrew Cuomo beats the oddsJun 28, 2011 9:00 pm - Years ago, I played some pool with Andrew Cuomo. As we circled the table, Cuomo, who was then housing secretary, told me how he was going to become the next governor of ...
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A Texan’s ‘exceptionalism’Jun 28, 2011 12:00 am - In the 1850s, on the steps of the Waco courthouse, Wallace Jefferson’s great-great grandfather was sold. Today, Jefferson is chief justice of Texas’ Supreme Court. The g...
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Ballet for the masses missesJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - The London Evening Standard called it a triumph of nerve and talent. The Financial Times’ Clement Crisp, who’s seen just about everything in his near-80 years, said it w...
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Who takes us to war?Jun 26, 2011 9:00 pm - Is the Libya war legal? Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, it is not. President Obama has exceeded the 90-day period to receive retroactive authorization from Congres...
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Give credit for promises keptJun 26, 2011 9:00 pm - There he goes again, fulfilling another promise. Imagine that. When he announced the surge in Afghanistan, he said it was temporary. Democrats, especially liberals, scre...
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A retreat by any other nameJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Since the beginning of his swift political rise, Barack Obama has fashioned himself a unique historical figure. With his latest speech on Afghanistan, he has finally bec...
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Why does the war go on?Jun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Some heard a declaration of victory, others an admission of defeat. The many contradictions in President Obama’s speech about Afghanistan last week were perhaps intended...
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The high road to oblivionJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Who is Jon Huntsman and where is he going? Even his campaign aides don’t seem to know. At the former Utah governor’s presidential kickoff speech on Tuesday, campaign wo...
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DuPage pol’s job strictly 9 to 5Jun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Is a politician’s job a 9-to-5 thing? From all I hear, the answer is an emphatic “No.” Not long ago, Kerry Lester, our political writer, traveled to Washington, D.C., to...