Articles filed under Commentary
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Harry Reid and racist comments must goAug 15, 2010 11:00 pm - On behalf of all Hispanics, let me just say this: Muchas gracias, Harry Reid. These days, many Americans are pressed for time. So I was glad to hear that the Senate maj...
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Mosque should avoid sacrilege at Ground ZeroAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - A place is made sacred by a widespread belief that it was visited by the miraculous or the transcendent (Lourdes, the Temple Mount), by the presence there o...
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Long benefits let job seekers languishAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - During the past few days two stories seem to have melded together for me creating the irony which is called American politics. First, "without people feeling the need t...
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Friends on fringe give GOP plenty to worry aboutAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The Republican Party's candidate for governor of Colorado believes that bicycle paths are "part of a greater strategy to rein in American cities under a Uni...
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Mission accomplished IIAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama claims to have kept his campaign promise to cease American combat operations (though not U.S. troop presence) in Iraq by the end of this month. But it's ...
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Political maxim: Cut spending, but not in my stateAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Meet Robert Gates, also known as The Leading Indicator. The defense secretary, who is noted among his colleagues for his special closeness with President Ob...
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The lives of bugs and trees as well as cats and dogsAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - People don't like bugs. They like to read about bugs though. It's not that we're all a bunch of budding entomologists. Most of us, I suspect, are much more interested in...
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An unforgivable silence suggests frightening omenAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I always read The Economist magazine. I like many things about it, but I particularly cherish its book reviews. They are cogent and snappily written, and often deal with...
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In Delaware, civility rulesAug 02, 2010 11:00 pm - MIDDLETOWN, Del. - A lot of the mail I receive these days reads like this letter from a Milford, Utah, man, who says: "Truly, there is a lot of anger in the land, and on...
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Transparent redistricting still possibleAug 02, 2010 11:00 pm - In the public's view, Springfield is broken. In a University of Illinois survey of 500 Illinois registered voters conducted in early May, one-third of the respondents sa...