National Columnists
- Robert Scheer: Where’s the ‘change’ agenda?
- What's up with Barack Obama? The candidate for change once promised to take on the powerful banking interests but is now doing their bidding. Finally, a leading Democrat, in this case Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, has a good idea for... Full story
- Thomas Sowell: Bowing to 'world opinion'
- By Thomas Sowell
- In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United States, in federal... Full story
- Ron Hart: Suffering from electile dysfunction
- By Ron Hart
- The events of the last two weeks have reaffirmed my belief in the sanity of Americans. It was a tough couple of weeks for Democrats.
First, the Yankees won the World Series. To me, their victory is not that great in and of itself because I am a... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: State GOP faces tough road ahead
- Maybe Carly Fiorina has analyzed the same numbers that trouble Meg Whitman. Maybe that's why Fiorina, the onetime wonder woman of Silicon Valley who engineered Hewlett-Packard's takeover of Texas-basedCompaq Computer Corp., took several months... Full story
- Linda Chavez: Assess Muslim soldiers' views
- What happened at Fort Hood was a tragedy, but I believe it would be an even greater tragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty here." Those words were spoken not by some diversity guru but by the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. George Casey, on ABC in... Full story
- Byron York: Obama agenda all too familiar
- President can’t be world organizer
- A lot of observers are having trouble figuring out the philosophical underpinnings of Barack Obama's foreign policy. How does the president see America's place in the world? How will he use American power? How much does he care about such things?... Full story
- Cynthia Tucker: Fort Hood backlash hits Muslim soldiers
- During last year's presidential campaign, it was Colin Powell who spoke most eloquently of the brave service of Muslim soldiers and sailors, not Barack Obama. Cowed by a widespread belief that he was Muslim, Obama was virtually silent on the... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: Will vulnerable Boxer 'luck out' once again?
- Just as they have in her two previous re-election campaigns, once again this year Republicans and so-called experts list Barbara Boxer as one of the most vulnerable U.S. Senate Democrats running in next year's mid-term election.
Maybe some of those... Full story
- John Stossel: U.S. House of presumptuous meddlers
- As an American, I am embarrassed that the U.S. House of Representatives has 220 members who actually believe the government can successfully centrally plan the medical and insurance industries.
I'm embarrassed that my representatives think that... Full story
- Robert Scheer: Gorbachev's Sermon on the Mount
- By Robert Scheer
- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." That biblical quotation certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set and whose past practices and recent cautions about... Full story