Opinion

Two More Candidates for the McChrystal Treatment

HuffingtonPost.com – Wed Jul 7, 10:06 am ET

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Obama's Hard Choices for Other People

RealClearPolitics.com – Wed Jul 7, 1:00 am ET

The new Obama style: cozy up to world leaders

The Christian Science Monitor – Fri Jul 9, 2:34 pm ET
  • LeBron James: Where's the outrage about his salary?

    The Christian Science Monitor – Fri Jul 9, 11:35 am ET  

    New York - In 1930, when the baseball star Babe Ruth earned the then-unheard-of sum of $80,000, a reporter asked him why he should make more than the president of the United States, Herbert Hoover. Full Story »

  • Is World Cup soccer socialist?

    The Christian Science Monitor – Sat Jul 10, 10:31 am ET  

    Washington - A loud roar erupted outside my apartment window. Across the city, jubilant fans poured into the streets to celebrate the victory. It was spring 2002, and I was studying abroad in Salamanca, Spain, a university town west of Madrid. Full Story »

  • CUBAN EMBARGO MAKES LESS AND LESS SENSE

    Cynthia Tucker – Sat Jul 10, 7:58 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON -- Way back in 1960, when Ed Sullivan could confer stardom, Lucy and Desi slept in separate beds and the Soviet Union represented an existential threat to the United States, the Eisenhower administration enacted an embargo against Cuba, a Soviet client that later threatened to aim nuclear missiles at our shores. Full Story »

  • RELATING TO OUR PRESIDENTS

    David Shribman – Sat Jul 10, 7:58 pm ET  

    In the campaign he was perhaps the greatest Geiger counter of the age. When compassion was called for, he was compassionate. When inspiration was needed, he was inspiring. When determination was required, he was determined. He had a perfect ear and perfect pitch. Full Story »

  • THE SPIES WHO CAME IN FROM THE 'BURBS

    Georgie Anne Geyer – Fri Jul 9, 6:11 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON -- Just when we think that events in the world have truly savaged our credulity -- terrorists everywhere, China buying up Africa and Latin America, Islamists planning a mosque next to Ground Zero -- still another event, one more like a Woody Allen movie, blazes to our bruised attention. Full Story »

  • Expand Educational Opportunity, Don't Restrict It

    Linda Chavez – Fri Jul 9, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Remember the Obama administration's promise to make higher education more accessible by expanding Pell grants and student loans to more students through the $787 billion stimulus? Apparently, the administration is having second thoughts — at least when it comes to allowing students to pick their own schools. Full Story »

  • Is Democracy Overrated?

    Pat Buchanan – Fri Jul 9, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - With the disintegration of the Soviet Empire and the Soviet Union, and Beijing's abandonment of Maoism, anti-communism necessarily ceased to be the polestar of U.S. foreign policy. Full Story »

  • Whitewashing Black Racism

    Michelle Malkin – Fri Jul 9, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Why haven't national media outlets reported on the vile and violent rants of the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) thugs whose 2008 voter intimidation tactics got a pass from the Obama administration? Full Story »

  • Art in America

    Brent Bozell III – Fri Jul 9, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - The half-dozen contestants, 20-something aspiring artists all, enter the famous Phillips de Pury art auction house. Full Story »

  • The Future of Marriage

    Susan Estrich – Fri Jul 9, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Maybe it's just a coincidence that the "Today" show and United States District Judge Joseph Tauro of Massachusetts reached essentially the same conclusion on the same day. But I'm one of those people who believe there is no such thing as a coincidence. No, I'd call it a trend in the right direction. Full Story »

  • U.S. Cuba Policy: A 50-Year Failure?

    Mona Charen – Fri Jul 9, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - After a 134-day hunger strike, Guillermo Farinas' waist is so small that a dog collar could fit around it. Full Story »

  • SO MUCH STUPIDITY

    Ted Rall – Thu Jul 8, 7:59 pm ET  

    NEW YORK--As I pack for my return trip to Afghanistan next month, many people are asking me: Why are we losing? What should we do there? Full Story »

  • BILL KRISTOL MUST RESIGN

    Ann Coulter – Thu Jul 8, 6:14 pm ET  

    Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele was absolutely right. Afghanistan is Obama's war and, judging by other recent Democratic ventures in military affairs, isn't likely to turn out well. Full Story »

  • The Wall Street 'Revolt' Against the Democrats

    Larry Elder – Thu Jul 8, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Here's The Washington Post's first sentence: "A revolt among big donors on Wall Street is hurting fundraising for the Democrats' two congressional campaign committees, with contributions from the world's financial capital down 65 percent from two years ago." Full Story »

  • Show Us the Money

    Joe Conason – Thu Jul 8, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - So often are the certitudes and pronouncements of the chattering class simply mistaken that they must always be treated with deep skepticism. That is especially true when anything important is at stake — from the arguments for invading Iraq several years ago to today's economic stagnation. Whatever the conventional wisdom tells you must be true is almost certainly false. Full Story »

  • GOVERNOR PATERSON, PLEASE VETO THE PRO-DIVORCE BILL

    Maggie Gallagher – Wed Jul 7, 6:09 pm ET  

    New York's politicians couldn't manage to pass a budget before going on vacation for July 4th, but somehow they managed to take time to pass what they euphemistically called a "no-fault" divorce bill? Full Story »

  • SAM NUNN KEEPS CHIPPING AWAY AT OUR NUCLEAR ARSENAL

    Cynthia Tucker – Wed Jul 7, 6:09 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON -- Presidents, ex-presidents and near-presidents tend to win the Nobel Prize for Peace, and Sam Nunn isn't any of those. But because of his efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons, the former Georgia senator has had multiple nominations. Full Story »

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