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Mega Millions odds insane
HOLLYWOOD--God bless America, and how's everybody?
It's election day (Tuesday)
Duty. Responsibility. Privilege.
Dragons disappear if no one cares
"One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more.
Chuck's passing leaves hole in community's heart
I am not the type of person that can often be rendered speechless, but this one did it to me. The Tribune's city news editor Chuck Smith passed away unexpectedly yesterday while mowing his lawn.
Watch out for mixed racial slurs
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
Martin’s death signals deeper problems
The justifiable outrage over the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. should give all Americans reason for pause.
Parity sought in the restroom
I recently saw on the internet that Chinese women held an "Occupy the Men's Bathroom." They were protesting the one male to one female bathroom strategy.
Lots of big deals are in the news
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
Hubris could impact both parties in 2012
One day in 1981 when I was a reporter for the Wichita Eagle-Beacon in Kansas, an assistant city editor who was notoriously into office politics pointed towards the city desk.
Common sense can’t survive in D.C.
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
Time to travel to enemy territory
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
Debt, deficit picture one massive downer
"It puts me in a bad mood, if you want to know the truth."
Articles by Section - Columnists
What To Do About the Border Crisis
Despite what politicians say, the border crisis is not an immigration problem or a border security problem. We've got all those problems, but this ain't that. These kids-these tired, poor, huddled masses-are not economic migrants. They-these homeless, tempest tossed to us-are seeking refuge from violent gangs and corrupt cops in Central America. If we deal with the problem that exists instead of having the fight politicians want, then we can do some good.
End Torture, Shut Down the CIA
Remember back in April, 2007, when then-CIA director George Tenet appeared on 60 Minutes, angrily telling the program host, "we don't torture people"? Remember a few months later, in October, President George W. Bush saying, "this government does not torture people"? We knew then it was not true because we had already seen the photos of Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib prison four years earlier.
No Inflation? Another Liberal Lie
Paul Krugman, liberal New York Times columnist and economist whose erroneous predictions and inflammatory opinions have inspired websites, blogs and columns by others detailing his multitude miscalculations, launched a Buk missile of a column at conservatives warning of inflationary government policies.
T-Minus 28 Months and Counting
Bust out the gin and tonics because this is shaping up to be one heck of a long hot summer. Weather-wise and politics-wise. All over the world, hostilities are flaring like out of control wildfires. While here at home, it's the words that have grown from fiery to scalding. And the only way to describe the actions- incendiary.
Hollywood Liberals Stand Down for Israel
Once again Israel is being forced to defend itself from the terrorists who run Gaza.
Strangers at Our Door A Crisis for American Christians
In the words of Pope Francis, America is experiencing a "humanitarian emergency." Fleeing instability and violence in Central America, a human tide of thousands of refugees, many of them unaccompanied children, has been flooding across our southern border.
Let’s Not Pick A Dumbest President And Say We Did
Is someone out there picturing Abe Lincoln with a dunce cap instead of a stovepipe hat?
An Oath for Obama
"I say it's high time we update the wording of the presidential oath of office, which is specified in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution."
We Can't Leave These Men Behind
The situation on Texas' southern border is not the only refugee crisis facing the United States. Thousands of Afghan interpreters who need to get out before the Taliban kills them for collaborating with U.S. troops are stuck over there because the State Department has run out of visas. Make no mistake, this is a test of our national character: These men risked their lives to help us bring democracy to Afghanistan, but they might die because our government doesn't work.
Republicans are Stuck on Stuck
"Just following the will of the people." That's been the GOP rationalization for accomplishing absolutely nothing for five and a half years. Doesn't matter what the issue is. Immigration. Jobs. Infrastructure. Climate change. Banking reform. The proliferation of substandard dental schools in Nebraska.
The Biggest Hypocrites in America
Liberal megadonor Tom Steyer, failing to raise any significant outside money for his global warming Super PAC, turned to one of his San Francisco neighbors for a million dollar check. It was Herb Sandler, the subprime mortgage lender at the heart of the housing crisis, and like Steyer a huge hypocrite.
Inaccurate Political Rage is All the Rage
Do you have personal issues? Do you want to seem intelligent, well informed and on-top-of-it-all without having to bother to put in any effort or time to see whether your assertions are accurate? If so, then join the trend that's all the rage in the 21st century: show indignation now and worry (or, more likely, don't) about accuracy later. And, for heaven's sake, never EVER worry about "nuance."
Democratic Scandal Brings Obama to Delaware
President Obama came to my tiny home state of Delaware on Thursday with a "new" initiative to repair deteriorating infrastructure around the country (and to repair his declining polling numbers).
Honoring Our Fathers
Despite the media play Chicago gets, it isn't the official "Murder Capital of the U.S.A."
Take the Win in Iran
With Barack Obama's approval ratings getting dragged down by a floundering foreign policy, we might miss one of his biggest successes in a place no one expected-Iran. Whether we extend the interim anti-nuke deal or reach a longer-term agreement to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, Obama has backed our enemy into a corner. But fans of cynicism, failure, and partisanship should take heart, because there's still time for congress to turn what should be a win-win for the United States into yet another loss.
