National Columnists
- Ron Hart: Global warming hoax will hike taxes
- As the attention of Americans is diverted by inconsequential TV shows like "American Idol," "Jon and Kate Plus 8 Divorce Lawyers," and cheerleading competitions (NBC, CBS and ABC "News" for the Obama administration), we pay less attention to what is happening... Full story
- The system is evil, not Madoff
- By Robert Scheer
- How convenient for the judge and the media to paint Bernard Madoff as Mr. Evil, a uniquely venal blight on an otherwise responsible financial industry in which money is handled honestly and with transparency.
Madoff, sentenced Monday to 150 years in... Full story
- John Stossel: 'Better' health care?
- President Obama says government will make health care cheaper and better. But there's no free lunch.
In England, health care is "free" -- as long as you don't mind waiting. People wait so long for dentist appointments that some pull their own teeth.... Full story
- Thomas Sowell: Wishful thinking about health care
- By Thomas Sowell
- Most political and media discussions of medical care have an air of unreality reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. There is an abundance of catch-phrases but remarkably few coherent arguments.
Let's start at square one. Why is there alarm about American... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: Voters detest new taxes? Not always
- By Thomas D. Elias
- From the moment results of the May 19 special state election were announced, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other powerful California officials have maintained the vote was an absolute rejection of any new taxes.
"The voters wanted to send a very clear... Full story
- Linda Chavez: Recognizing true revolutionaries
- The security forces may have temporarily crushed the resistance in Iran, but the revolution is far from over. Iranians by the hundreds of thousands — young and old, men and women, students and workers — have taken to the streets for the last... Full story
- Daryl Cagle: Political cartoonists mourn Jackson
- Michael Jackson was God's gift to editorial cartoonists. Now that the gift has been "returned to sender" the cartoonists are mourning the loss of one of their most evergreen gags.
Jackson was a wonderful character for cartoons. From "Jesus Juice" to... Full story
- David B. Livingstone: Why let a little immorality ruin it for the GOP?
- They loved him. They worshipped him. When he announced his opposition to the Obama stimulus plan and attempted to refuse the $700 million in federal money that would have flowed into his state through it, they very nearly canonized him. And with each... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: Not much response to prison waste revelations
- What happens when ordinary citizens use a newspaper column to expose at least $100 million, and possibly much more, in government waste at a time when critical state services are being cut because of the most serious cash crunch in generations?
Not very... Full story
- Cynthia Tucker: Sanford's hypocrisy will outlast headlines of his affair
- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his family are in the midst of an emotionally wrenching and deeply personal crisis. I feel sorry for them. I especially pity Sanford's four sons, caught up in a scandal they did nothing to create.
I'm willing to grant... Full story
