Articles filed under Commentary
-
Blagojevich and the free press, fair trial debateAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Every journalism student spends some time in the study of the "free press v. fair trial" conflict, the challenge of guaranteeing every defendant a fair trial according t...
-
Democrats made their own lumpy bedAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - "Worried Democrats courting elderly voters as midterm elections near," reads a headline in The Washington Post. It's long been clear that if Democrats had been less afra...
-
Ground zero for freedomAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - It is hard to imagine that anything has gone unsaid about the so-called Ground Zero mosque, but we seem to be missing an important point. The mosque should be built pre...
-
Fitzgerald shouldn't be browbeaten for doing his jobAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - So, Patrick J. Fitzgerald's middle name is now "Jerk." The Federal Titan of Northern Illinois is also "nuts," according to Rod Blagojevich's defense lawyer and part-tim...
-
Politics interrupting a dreamAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Most parents will do anything for their children. And when Mom and Dad are in the United States illegally, this includes volunteering to spend the rest of your lives in ...
-
Insanity in WashingtonAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats seem determined to teach us the price of vacillation, while the Republicans are bent on instructing us on the rewards of obstruction. Such is the choice th...
-
Israelis don't need lectures from U.S.Aug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM - In the intifada that began in 2000, Palestinian terrorism killed more than 1,000 Israelis. As a portion of U.S. population, that would be 42,000, approaching...
-
Muddled regarding a mosqueAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Last Friday, at the start of Ramadan, President Obama presided over the White House's annual iftar dinner and made some rather bland remarks about religious freedom. The...
-
Ground zero sum gameAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - After months of dithering by the White House about the "ground zero mosque" in lower Manhattan, President Obama endorsed the project at an Iftar dinner Friday night. The...
-
Vilsack a man of ideasAug 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Over the years, reporters learn that there are a relative handful of the public officials with whom we deal who can be counted on to expand our understanding of events. ...