Political Commentary
- Ron Haart:Captain ‘Chicken of the Sea’
- The captain of the Italian Carnival Cruise Lines ship that turned over has to be one of the most hapless chaps of the decade. He ran aground his cruise ship, which carried many gluttonous cruise-crazed passengers. I think the ship was called "Go... Full story
- Tina Dupuy: GOP preaches prosperity gospel
- One of the richest men in the country, ranking in the 0.006 percent of Americans, likes to accuse the president of creating an "entitlement society." Mitt Romney, the heir apparent, next in line GOP nominee ... is against entitlement.
When I hear "e... Full story
- DAVID IGNATIUS: Two cheers for the ECB president
- Two years into the European debt crisis, there was something faintly comical about the headline in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal: "Leaders of Euro Zone Agree on Closer Union." That phrase must be on a program key on computers in Brussels.
The eurozo... Full story
- Byron York: Gingrich fights the fight all over again
- Byron York
- The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty. Romney mentions it often, and his campaign made the ethics case the focus of the m... Full story
- Thomas Elias:‘Tax oil for education’ measure advanced
- Amid the welter of prospective initiatives and referenda whose sponsors hope they'll reach the ballot this year, one stands out as increasingly necessary: The proposed "Tax Oil for Education" measure.
It's true that as with several of the ... Full story
- Joe Gandelman: Tempestuous wind blows through GOP
- Joe Gandelman
- It's a new, unsettling era for Republicans on many fronts. For instance, take Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Please.
Many Texans still love Perry and felt badly about his wipe out on the national political stage. The Dallas Morning News had this big headlin... Full story
- Robert Scheer: Obama's faux populism sounds like Bill Clinton
- Robert Scheer
- I'll admit it: Listening to Barack Obama, I am ready to enlist in his campaign against the feed-the-rich Republicans ... until I recall that I once responded in the same way to Bill Clinton's faux populism. And then I get angry because betrayal by th... Full story
- John Vinci: The politics of Obamacare waivers
- John Vinci
- Once again the Obama administration is issuing waivers from its controversial Obamacare law in order to make it more politically palatable. With high Catholic populations in key swing states, the Obama administration announced recently that it will g... Full story
- Thomas Elias: Seeing a different Jerry Brown this year
- Thomas Elias
- From the moment he began delivering his State of the State speech in mid-January, it was clear Gov. Jerry Brown realized California needs more than the avuncular presence he was most of last year. That speech traditionally offers each governor a chan... Full story
- San Jose Mercury News: Romney should release 10 years of tax returns
- San Jose Mercury News
- In a curt nod to growing public pressure, Mitt Romney on Tuesday finally released his tax return for 2010 and an estimate for 2011.
As if that's enough.
Romney is one of the richest men ever to run for the White House, with an accumulated wealth of... Full story
