Articles filed under Commentary
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One news source still respects rational thoughtApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - What is it about human nature that so makes us want to accept conspiracy theories about obvious falsehoods? Paul McCartney is dead ... Tupac Shakur is alive ... Fluo...
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A general deserving of no honorsApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - It has taken a while, but it’s about time Robert E. Lee lost the Civil War. The South of course was defeated on the battlefield in 1865, yet the Lee legend — swaddled in...
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Closing school doors, opening new pathsApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Covington hesitated before becoming this city’s 26th school superintendent in 40 years. A blunt-talking African-American from Alabama, he attende...
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Ayn Rand's adult-onset adolescenceApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - The movie “Atlas Shrugged,” adapted from Ayn Rand's 1957 novel by the same name, is a triumph of cinematic irony. A work that lectures us endlessly on the moral superior...
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Curbing Medicare costs without vouchersApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - About 10 years ago, a new radiation treatment for prostate cancer came on line. A single course of “intensity-modulated radiation therapy” cost Medicare about $42,000. T...
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Can the Republicans save Obama?Apr 24, 2011 12:00 am - With President Obama now in full campaign mode, the question becomes: Can he win re-election despite some misgivings from the vast majority of the American people? A new...
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As Republicans line up, anything goesApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - I must admit that it took me at least a minute to figure out the Drudge Report headline: “Paw In.” Had there been some gruesome animal attack somewhere, alligators eatin...
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The GOP racing form, 2012Apr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Unified Field Theory of 2012, Axiom One: The more the Republicans can make the 2012 election like 2010, the better their chances of winning. The 2010 Democratic shellac...
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Providing a field manual for despotsApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - If I were a Middle Eastern despot, I’d know how to handle the pro-democracy movement that threatens my rule: Crack down viciously, using deadly force against civilians, ...
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We’re lucky to meet Naperville’s Jordan SchubertApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - Have I ever shared my philosophy on golf and journalism? Perhaps I have, but it bears repeating: Better to be lucky than good. Initially, I applied that theory to today’...