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02/08/2010 PARTY ON! THE REVOLT OF THE OLD
01/29/2010 EDMUND BURKE AND OBAMA 2.0
01/25/2010 WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN?
01/18/2010 WHY WE ARE IN HAITI -- BECAUSE WE'RE AMERICANS
01/11/2010 WHY YOU'RE YOUR OWN DOCTOR
12/25/2009 HARRY REID: THE DEALER FROM NEVADA
12/18/2009 IS OBAMA A B-PLUS PRESIDENT?
12/14/2009 WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE NOT AT WAR
12/04/2009 LOST IN AFGHANISTAN
11/25/2009 THE LATE, GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA
11/23/2009 THE UNITED STATES — DECLINE AND FALL?
11/06/2009 CONSERVATIVES POISED TO REPEAT HISTORY
10/30/2009 WHY CANADIANS ARE LAUGHING AT US
10/09/2009 BETTER JAW-JAW THAN WAR-WAR
10/05/2009 TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS, MR. PRESIDENT
09/25/2009 LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS FLIP-FLOPPERS
09/18/2009 IT'S NOT ALL RACISM
09/14/2009 THE NEW HESSIANS AND AMERICAN DECLINE
09/04/2009 WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICAN HEALTH CARE
08/28/2009 TEDDY KENNEDY: A MAN IN FULL
08/21/2009 AMERICA: A LOT DIFFERENT, A LOT BETTER?
07/31/2009 BRING ON THAT SOCIALISM
07/24/2009 HEALTH CARE: A COMPACT BETWEEN GENERATIONS
07/20/2009 IN WASHINGTON, THE LAW IS AN ASS
07/10/2009 McNAMARA: THE SMARTEST FOOL
07/03/2009 THIS IS HOW CONGRESS WORKS
06/26/2009 HAPPY DAYS WILL BE HERE AGAIN
06/19/2009 WHY IS OBAMA SO POPULAR?
06/12/2009 SOTOMAYOR LOOKS LIKE ONE OF US
06/05/2009 WHAT TO DO WITH ENEMY PRISONERS?
05/29/2009 THE LATE, GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA
05/15/2009 TO THE LUCKY CLASS OF 2009
05/09/2009 WHAT IS THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE?
05/04/2009 THE LAST DAYS OF PAKISTAN?
04/24/2009 LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS
04/10/2009 OBAMA AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
03/27/2009 HEARTS AND MINDS — AND THE GRIM REAPER
03/20/2009 THE CRISIS SCORECARD: WINNERS AND LOSERS
03/13/2009 THE COMING HEALTH CARE DEBATE
03/06/2009 WHICH WAY IS RIGHT FOR THE RIGHT?
02/27/2009 CLASS WARFARE: BRING IT ON!
02/20/2009 O, DEMOCRACY: A COAST-TO-COAST MESS
02/06/2009 WHY ARE WE IN AFGHANISTAN?
01/30/2009 THE REPUBLICAN IDIOCY
01/23/2009 IS SCIENCE OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT?
01/16/2009 THE 9/11 PRESIDENCY
01/09/2009 LEON PANETTA: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
12/31/2008 PRESIDENT OBAMA: THE REAL DEAL?
12/24/2008 THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS
12/12/2008 ROD 'I WANT THE MONEY!' JUST COULDN'T WAIT
12/05/2008 COMING HOME TO AMERICA
11/26/2008 A NEW ERA OF BIPARTISANSHIP?
11/24/2008 THE REPUBLICANS WILL RISE AGAIN
11/10/2008 THE OBAMA TRANSITION
10/31/2008 THE FIFTH 'PIVOT POINT' ELECTION
10/24/2008 I HEAR AMERICA SINGING
10/17/2008 THE TIMES THEY ARE A'CHANGING — AGAIN
10/13/2008 A CAMPAIGN GONE WRONG
10/03/2008 THE FIVE WEEKS OF SARAH PALIN
09/26/2008 PANIC ON THE POTOMAC
09/19/2008 WWRD ... WHAT WOULD ROOSEVELT DO?
09/12/2008 THE YEAR OF CAMPAIGN LYING
09/05/2008 IS OBAMA ALREADY PRESIDENT?
08/29/2008 WHO IS PREPARED TO BE PRESIDENT? NOBODY
08/16/2008 BROKE AND BROKEN IN AMERICA
08/01/2008 MCCAIN AND OBAMA: DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEN
07/25/2008 OBAMA HAS LANDED SAFELY
07/20/2008 MR. OBAMA VISITS THE WORLD
07/11/2008 THE TERGIVERSATION OF BARACK OBAMA
07/04/2008 THE YEAR OF LIVING PATRIOTICALLY
06/20/2008 WELCOME TO BRITAIN'S BRAVE NEW WORLD
06/13/2008 WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
06/06/2008 THEY LOVE OBAMA, BUT THEY CAN'T VOTE
05/30/2008 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD GOVERNING
05/23/2008 THE TRUE SHAME OF THE IRAQ WAR
05/16/2008 REPUBLICANS FEEL HEAT OF BURNING BUSH
05/09/2008 WHATEVER THEY SAY, IT'S THE MONEY!
05/02/2008 MC CAIN, JFK, AND THE HEALTH OF PRESIDENTS
04/18/2008 ENOUGH ALREADY WITH FAKE DEBATES
04/11/2008 HILLARY CLINTON: THE BIG MISTAKE
04/04/2008 ON THE MATTER OF TORTURE
03/28/2008 IS MC CAIN THE REAL MC COY?
03/19/2008 HEARING THE OBAMA SPEECH
03/14/2008 TO HELL WITH THE FALLEN HERO
03/07/2008 THE WAY THE PRESS REALLY WORKS
03/05/2008 AH, TO BE YOUNG AND IN POLITICS!
02/22/2008 WHY HILLARY STUMBLED
02/15/2008 THE STREETS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF POLITICS
02/08/2008 THE ELECTION AND THE PRESS: GREAT JOB!
02/01/2008 THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS TO LOOK MORE ORDINARY
01/25/2008 AN ELECTION TO TRY MEN'S SOULS
01/18/2008 AS THE WORLD TURNS: CELL PHONES REPLACE LETTERS
01/11/2008 McCAIN: THE LAST MAN STANDING
01/04/2008 LOOKING AT IOWA FROM AFAR
12/28/2007 THE DEATH OF BENAZIR: COMES THE WHIRLWIND
12/13/2007 THE BEGINNING OF THE UNDERGROUND CAMPAIGN
12/07/2007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM — THEN, NOW AND ROMNEY
11/30/2007 GIULIANI FOR KING? I DON'T THINK SO
11/21/2007 RAIN AND SUN IN THE STREETS OF PARIS
11/16/2007 THE MAKING (?) OF THE PRESIDENT, 2007
11/02/2007 HER FIRST LADYSHIP AND THOSE BAD BOYS
10/26/2007 THE FIRE THIS TIME, THE WARMING NEXT TIME
10/12/2007 BACK HOME IN THE TIRED SUPERPOWER
10/05/2007 WHAT IS THE AMERICAN IDEA?
09/28/2007 WHY ARE WE IN IRAQ?
09/21/2007 CLINTON VS. MCCAIN. ARE YOU SERIOUS?
09/07/2007 WHAT UNITES POLITICIANS: BIG GOVERNMENT
08/31/2007 HOW THE DEMOCRATS CAN (WILL?) LOSE
08/24/2007 FAITH, DOPES AND SECRECY
08/17/2007 THE PRETENTIOUS MR. ROVE
08/10/2007 WHAT ARE YOUR ISSUES?
08/03/2007 WHO ARE OUR FRIENDS? WHO ARE OUR ENEMIES?
07/18/2007 WHY IS OBAMA SO STRONG?
07/06/2007 FREE TRAVEL IN PARIS? WELL, ALMOST
06/29/2007 OUR MAN MACHIAVELLI
06/22/2007 WHO ARE YOU FOR: THE WOMAN, THE BLACK, THE MORMON, THE JEW?
06/18/2007 THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION OF 2008
06/08/2007 THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR ... IS OURSELVES!
06/01/2007 THE END OF REAGANISM
05/30/2007 WHAT DO THEY THINK OF AMERICA? DON'T ASK!
05/18/2007 ONLY REPUBLICANS CAN STOP THE WAR
05/04/2007 AND THE WINNER IS ... RONALD REAGAN
04/27/2007 JOURNALISM'S GREATEST GENERATION
04/20/2007 THE ARROGANCE OF THE ENTITLED
04/06/2007 THE FIRST PRIMARY: MONEY
03/30/2007 WHY I HATE FIRST LADIES
03/23/2007 IT'S 1972 AGAIN IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
03/15/2007 JOHN EDWARDS: THE THIRD MAN'S THEMES
03/09/2007 DEMOCRATS: YOU WERE ELECTED TO END THIS WAR
03/02/2007 GREATEST GENERATIONS, THEN AND NOW
02/22/2007 OBAMA VS. CLINTON: WIN-WIN!
02/08/2007 INVESTIGATE HOW THE PRESS LED US INTO IRAQ
02/01/2007 BED AND BREAKFAST IN BAGHDAD
01/18/2007 HOW MUCH DOES THE WAR COST?
01/04/2007 YOU WANT A WAR, DECLARE A WAR!
12/28/2006 JERRY FORD: NOT A GREAT MAN, BUT A GREAT AMERICAN
12/14/2006 THE NEW MISSION IN IRAQ: FORCE PROTECTION
12/07/2006 THE WAY TO BE PRESIDENT: RUN!
12/01/2006 IRAQ IS BROKE — MAYBE WE WILL BE, TOO
11/23/2006 TOO BAD YOUR KIDS (AND MINE) ARE NOT IN IRAQ
11/10/2006 WHAT SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS DO NOW?
11/03/2006 FROM HUMILITY IN 2000 TO HUMILIATION IN 2006
10/27/2006 THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF GEORGE W. BUSH
10/19/2006 ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS, MARCHING AS TO WAR
10/13/2006 THE AMERICAN WAY OF CAMPAIGNING: DIRTY
10/06/2006 IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE IN WASHINGTON
09/29/2006 OH, THE MISTAKES WE MADE
09/22/2006 HAPPY JOURNALISM: SOME MAGAZINES ARE BETTER THAN EVER
09/15/2006 SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE: CAN ISRAEL SURVIVE?
09/01/2006 LABOR DAY? HOW ABOUT GREED DAY?
08/25/2006 HAVE YOU NO SHAME, MR. PRESIDENT?
08/18/2006 NIXON MAY HAVE BEEN RIGHT ABOUT SUPERPOWER
08/11/2006 TODAY'S TERRORIST, TOMORROW'S STATESMAN?
07/28/2006 A NEW AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM?
07/21/2006 ONLY BUSH HAS THE POWER TO STOP THE KILLING
07/14/2006 THE BLOODY CIRCLES AND CYCLES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
07/07/2006 UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR DEMOCRATIC LOSERS
06/30/2006 THE BIG BROTHER WHITE HOUSE IS WATCHING YOU
06/23/2006 BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS OF FRANCE
06/09/2006 DO SPORTS REALLY MATTER?
06/02/2006 THE DANGEROUS AMERICANS
05/26/2006 IS THE LADY A CHAMP?
05/22/2006 THE GREATEST NEWSPAPERMAN OF HIS GENERATION
05/12/2006 THE PERILS OF WASHINGTON TOTALITARIANISM
05/05/2006 ON BEING WRONG: I TOLD YOU SO
04/21/2006 THE SILENT GLOBALIZATION OF REMITTANCES
04/14/2006 HOW DO WE TAKE THREE MORE YEARS OF BUSH?
04/07/2006 WASHINGTON HASN'T A CLUE ABOUT IMMIGRATION
03/31/2006 PRESIDENT REAGAN: THE LION IN WINTER
03/17/2006 WHY IRAN WANTS THE BOMB
03/10/2006 WHAT DEMOCRATS FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF
03/03/2006 WHAT WOULD REAGAN DO?
02/24/2006 REMEMBER GLOBALISM AND DEMOCRACY?
02/17/2006 THE NEW AMERICAN POLICE STATE
02/10/2006 THE GIRL FROM PEORIA WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
02/03/2006 IRAQ'S CIVIL WAR HAS COST $3,000 PER U.S. FAMILY— SO FAR
01/20/2006 RONALD REAGAN: BASED ON A TRUE STORY
01/06/2006 WHY ABRAMOFF? WHY POLITICIANS STEAL
12/30/2005 BIG BROTHER IS REAL THIS TIME
12/23/2005 PRESIDENT BUSH: I AM THE LAW!
12/16/2005 IRAQ: THE WAR IS COMING HOME
12/09/2005 'VICTORY IN IRAQ': A STRATEGY TO MASK DEFEAT
12/02/2005 IS GEORGE BUSH THE WORST PRESIDENT — EVER?
11/18/2005 SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, NOT OUR PRESIDENT
11/11/2005 GOD AND MAN IN THE DARK
11/04/2005 HOW AND WHY SAMUEL ALITO HAPPENED
10/28/2005 GEORGE BUSH: YOU'RE NO RONALD REAGAN
10/21/2005 THE END OF SUPERPOWER
10/14/2005 THE MANY AND DIVERSE ISSUES OF DIVERSITY
10/07/2005 SOUTH AFRICA: ANOTHER MIRACLE?
09/30/2005 WAR AND DISSENT IN NOT-SO-JOLLY OLD ENGLAND
09/23/2005 THE END OF AN ERA: GOOD NIGHT, NEWS
09/16/2005 CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE, CRISIS IN DEMOCRACY
09/09/2005 WHY WE FAILED IN NEW ORLEANS
09/02/2005 BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PRESIDENTS
08/19/2005 2008: CHENEY VS. HILLARY
08/12/2005 THE GATHERING STORM IN IRAN
07/29/2005 THE TRUTH ABOUT LEAKS
07/22/2005 THE STRANGLING OF LOS ANGELES
07/15/2005 ARNOLD'S PART-TIME JOB: GOVERNOR
07/07/2005 THE JAILING OF JUDY MILLER
06/23/2005 SIX MORE YEARS IN IRAQ
06/17/2005 THE RISE AND RISE OF HILLARY CLINTON
06/10/2005 CYCLING INTO A FRENCH SUNSET
06/03/2005 AND NOW ... H-E-E-E-R-E'S DEEP THROAT!
05/26/2005 NEW EUROPE: NON! NEE! NUTS!
05/20/2005 THE AMERICAN WAY OF MAKING ENEMIES
05/13/2005 JOURNALISM IS ALIVE -- AND YOUNG
04/29/2005 KEEP AMERICA YOUNG AT HEART
04/22/2005 THERE WAS A LIBERAL
04/15/2005 A FOREIGN POLICY OF FOUR
04/08/2005 THE FALL OF TOM DELAY
04/01/2005 AN OSAMA SIGHTING IN CALIFORNIA
03/25/2005 NO ONE IS AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT
03/03/2005 WHO NEEDS THE MAINSTREAM PRESS ANYMORE?
02/25/2005 GREATEST PRESIDENT? HINT: HE WAS FIRST
02/18/2005 IMAGINE WATERGATE 2005
02/11/2005 CITIZEN SCHWARZENEGGER UPSETTING HIS PARTY
02/04/2005 THE RADICAL AGENDA OF GEORGE BUSH
01/28/2005 PLEASE BE NICE TO DOCTOR RICE
01/21/2005 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MATTHEW AND GEORGE
01/13/2005 CALIFORNIA VS. NATURE
01/06/2005 GONZALES: A MAN WHO LOST HIS WAY
12/30/2004 LET US SHOW WHAT SUPERPOWER CAN DO
12/23/2004 A MERRY FAITH-BASED CHRISTMAS TO ALL
12/09/2004 THE ISSUE OF THE YEAR IS "DEMOCRACY"
12/02/2004 THE NOT-SO-GREAT OLD DAYS
11/18/2004 THE ARGUMENT FOR CUTTING AND RUNNING
11/12/2004 A SERMON FOR DEMOCRATS: GET UP AND FIGHT!
11/04/2004 RELIGION AND POLITICS:THE DANGEROUS MIX
10/28/2004 TO BEGIN WITH, THE PRESIDENT IS A FOOL
10/21/2004 THE YANKEES IN NEW YORK AND BAGHDAD
10/14/2004 GOD AND MAN AT TEMPE
10/07/2004 THE TRUE LIES OF BUSH-CHENEY
10/01/2004 THE PRESIDENT HAS 'OVALITIS'
09/24/2004 A WINNING TICKET: BUSH-ALLAWI
09/16/2004 THE END OF SUPERPOWER
09/09/2004 WHAT IF WE HAD NOT GONE INTO IRAQ?
09/03/2004 DEBATES WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION
08/26/2004 THE REAL ISSUE: BUSH IS INCOMPETENT
08/19/2004 WHEN SHOULD WE GET OUT OF IRAQ?
08/12/2004 WHY ARE WE IN NAJAF?
08/06/2004 WHY ARE WE IN DAVENPORT?
07/30/2004 A MADDENINGLY CALIBRATED CANDIDATE
07/28/2004 A LAST HURRAH FOR THE KENNEDYS?
07/23/2004 WHOSE VALUES ARE THEY, ANYHOW?
07/09/2004 THE WAY PEOPLE REALLY TALK ABOUT POLITICS
07/01/2004 20/20 HINDSIGHT IN IRAQ
06/24/2004 SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE: UNCOMFORTABLE REALITIES
06/10/2004 RONALD REAGAN: A PERSONAL GREATNESS
06/03/2004 WHOSE SIDE IS AMERICA ON?
05/28/2004 A TIME FOR FRIENDS TO RECONCILE
05/20/2004 BERLUSCONI AND MUSSOLINI; BUSH AND. . .?
05/07/2004 THE MORAL CRISIS IN IRAQ
04/22/2004 THE RICH GET RICHER, THE REST GET IRAQ
04/16/2004 YOGI BUSH AND CASEY RUMSFELD
04/09/2004 EXIT STRATEGY: FIRE THEM ALL
04/02/2004 WHY RICHARD CLARKE IS A HERO
03/26/2004 QUESTIONING BUSH AND THE ELEPHANT IN ISRAEL
03/18/2004 TV TRASH TALK: MOURNING IN AMERICA
03/11/2004 COMEDY IS KING -- OR KINGMAKER
03/05/2004 THE DIRTY BLOWBACK CAMPAIGN
02/27/2004 THE JOHN AND JOHN SHOW
02/12/2004 THE DOUBLE STANDARD IN WHO GETS NUKES
02/05/2004 BOOB-POPPING AS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
01/29/2004 THE DAY OF THE VETERANS
01/22/2004 DEMOCRATS: LOYAL LOSERS OR DISLOYAL WINNERS?
01/15/2004 THE DECLINE AND FAL OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS
01/08/2004 'IT'S STILL THE SAME OLD STORY. . .'
01/01/2004 WAR COMES HOME TO THAILAND
12/25/2003 GEORGE BUSH: MAN OF THE DECADE
12/18/2003 READ KIPLING TO UNDERSTAND AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ
12/11/2003 DEMOCRACY OF THE MOMENT, BY THE MOMENT
12/05/2003 A PRESIDENT OF BIG IDEAS
11/28/2003 GETTING OUT OF IRAQ
11/21/2003 REPUBLICAN PARADOX, DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA
11/14/2003 THE CITY IN THE BUBBLE
11/06/2003 FDR: FRANKLIN DELANO REAGAN
10/31/2003 THE FIRES OF OCTOBER
10/23/2003 THE USES AND ABUSES OF HISTORY
10/16/2003 THE PRIVATIZATION OF WAR AND PEACE
10/09/2003 WHAT WENT WRONG IN IRAQ?
10/02/2003 SAVING THE PRESIDENT FROM HIMSELF
09/25/2003 THE HUMILIATION OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT
09/18/2003 CHENEY'S LAST STAND
09/11/2003 THE VIETNAMIZATION OF IRAQ
09/04/2003 WHY GEORGE W. BUSH CAN'T WIN
08/25/2003 HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT?
08/21/2003 IRAQ: A BAIT-AND-SWITCH CON JOB
08/14/2003 TOWARD A WORLD SERVING AMERICA
08/07/2003 THE LATE SHOW AND THE LATE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA
08/01/2003 THE ALL-WHITE, ALL-MALE FACES OF WATERGATE
07/30/2003 TIME TO PUT ASIDE FRANCO-AMERICAN CHILDISHNESS
07/25/2003 THE VICE PRESIDENT COMETH
07/24/2003 SOLDIERS SPEAKING THE TRUTH ABOUT POWER
07/18/2003 THE TALENTED MR. BLAIR
07/16/2003 ROLLING TRUTH IN THE WHITE HOUSE
07/11/2003 SOME STUDENTS TRY TO BRING THE WORLD HOME
07/09/2003 WHY I AM AGAINST HOWARD DEAN AND JOHN EDWARDS, TOO
07/03/2003 THE NEW AMERICAN ORDER
06/13/2003 THE BATTLE OF THE QUARTER-CENTURY
06/04/2003 WHAT DID THE PRIME MINISTER KNOW AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?
05/30/2003 HAVE AMERICANS CHECKED OUT ON OUR WARS?
05/28/2003 WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF US?
05/23/2003 RUPERT MURDOCH'S NEW YORK TIMES
05/21/2003 ONE BUSH MEMOIR COMING UP
05/16/2003 SPEAK LOUDLY, CARRY A BIG STICK, AND USE IT!
05/14/2003 THE PRESS, THE PEOPLE AND TERRORISM
05/08/2003 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT US IN...
05/02/2003 BIG BROTHER IS STILL WATCHING
05/01/2003 THE GREAT DEBATE OVER AMERICAN EMPIRE
04/25/2003 WHERE YOUR TAXES AREN'T GOING -- HEALTH AND EDUCATION
04/24/2003 A MILITARY COUP, AMERICAN STYLE
04/17/2003 HERE WE GO AGAIN: MANIFEST DESTINY II
04/11/2003 THE WINNERS AND LOSERS--SO FAR
04/09/2003 PIERCING THE FOG OF NEWS
04/04/2003 WHAT IS PATRIOTISM?
04/02/2003 THE NEW POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
03/28/2003 THE REAL COSTS OF WAR ARE NOT ONLY IN DOLLARS
03/26/2003 THIS IS NEW--NOT WAR, THIS COVERAGE
03/20/2003 DOES FREE SPEECH ENDANGER OUR TROOPS?
03/14/2003 COMPARING WAR IN IRAQ AND VIETNAM
03/12/2003 THE DIPLOMATIC DISASTER OF THE CENTURY
03/07/2003 IN IRAQ, WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU
03/06/2003 BUSH AND HIS GOD ARE SCARY IN EUROPE
02/28/2003 SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE THE PRESIDENT A MAP
02/27/2003 FIFTEEN DAYS FROM WAR -- AND PERHAPS CATASTROPHE
02/19/2003 DID KENNEDY KNOW? DID NIXON KNOW?
02/14/2003 SMELLING THE ROSES IN NEW YORK
02/12/2003 GOVERNING BY FEAR AND STUPIDITY
02/06/2003 THE TWO CLASS WARS IN AMERICA
01/31/2003 OF WAR AND TAXES -- AND FREE LUNCH WITH CAKE
01/30/2003 A FOOLISH PRESIDENT BRAGS ABOUT ASSASSINATION
01/24/2003 THIS COMEBACK KID IS NO KID
01/22/2003 THEY LOVE US IN CANADA, EXCEPT WHEN THEY HATE US
01/17/2003 BUSH IS TAKING SADDAM AND KIM TOO PERSONALLY
01/15/2003 THE DANCE OF DOLLARS ON CAPITOL HILL
01/10/2003 RIGHT OR WRONG, BUSH IS A TRUE BIG-PICTURE GUY
01/08/2003 WHERE DID ALL THESE DEMOCRATS COME FROM?
01/03/2003 GIL HODGES: THERE WAS A MAN
01/02/2003 AMERICAN PRE-EMPTION AND A SCARED WORLD
12/27/2002 A NEW YEAR OF MORAL ISSUES
12/26/2002 A NATION OF SERVANTS
12/20/2002 THE LEAK-PROOF PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE BUSH
12/18/2002 WHAT IF THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CARED
12/13/2002 TED TURNER, AN AUTHENTIC AMERICAN
12/12/2002 WHY IS THE SOUTH STILL DIFFERENT
12/06/2002 AH! DR. KISSINGER I PRESUME...
11/22/2002 KENNEDY'S MEDICAL SECRETS
11/20/2002 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
11/15/2002 THE NEXT MASTER OF THE SENATE
11/14/2002 THE BAD NUMBERS THAT COULD REVIVE THE DEMOCRATS
11/08/2002 THE WAY TO WIN IN IRAQ IS TO STAY OUT
11/07/2002 SEND THESE DEMOCRATS BACK TO THE MINORS
11/01/2002 CAN THE ONLY SUPERPOWER HOLD OFF THE WORLD FOREVER?
10/31/2002 AS OTHERS SEE US PART II
10/25/2002 AS OTHERS SEE US PART I
10/24/2002 THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT: HILLARY OR CONDI?
10/18/2002 THE FOG OF WAR ON TERRORISM
10/16/2002 GEORGE BUSH IS NO JACK KENNEDY
10/11/2002 THE BUSH DOCTRINE: MIGHT MAKES RIGHT
10/04/2002 BUSH: A REAGAN DOLL WITH A BOBBING HEAD
10/03/2002 FRENZY IN THE WAR CAPITAL
09/27/2002 YOUR POLITICAL PARTIES IN PEACE AND WAR
09/25/2002 IS IT TIME TO INVADE...GERMANY?
09/20/2002 AMERICA'S WAR ON TERROR--AND HISTORY
09/18/2002 GEORGE BUSH AS A MADMAN
09/11/2002 THE DISRESPECT OF NEW JERSEY
09/07/2002 THE U.S. WILL GO IT ALONE, WITH A SINGLE ALLY, RUSSIA
09/04/2002 WE SURVIVED SEPTEMBER 11--IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON
08/30/2002 PRESIDENT BUSH IS LOSING IT
08/28/2002 DOES BUSH REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN IRAQ?
08/23/2002 RFK: A MAN WHOSE TIME HAD PASSED
08/21/2002 HOW BAD IS THE CIA?
08/14/2002 THE EMPIRES STRIKE BACK
08/09/2002 LEAKING IS NECESSARY TO COUNTERACT GOVERNMENT SECRECY
08/07/2002 IS OUR REAL ENEMY SAUDI ARABIA?
08/02/2002 GOVERNMENT BY PIN-STIPED PERP WALK
07/31/2002 TEN QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE WE GO TO WAR
07/26/2002 SEEING AMERICA WHOLE AND BIG
07/24/2002 THE WIT AND WISDOM OF CALVIN COOLIDGE
07/17/2002 WHY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BOUNCE TERRY MCAULIFFE
07/12/2002 HERE'S SOME COOL HISTORY
07/10/2002 WHERE IS FDR WHEN WE NEED HIM?
07/05/2002 THE POLITICS OF IDEAS
07/03/2002 WHY WE CELEBRATE THE FOURTH
06/28/2002 A TIME FOR DISSENT IN AMERICA
06/26/2002 THE DEMOCRATS TAKE ON CORPORATE CORRUPTION
06/21/2002 WHO CARES ABOUT DEEP THROAT?
06/19/2002 TODAY'S BABY IS TOMORROW'S 150-YEAR-OLD STUD
06/12/2002 WHY THEY LOVE AMERICA
06/10/2002 WILL THESE WORDS OF HORROR BECOME DEEDS?
06/05/2002 BETTER A MERE POL THAN A POPULAR MONARCH
05/31/2002 PRESIDENT BUSH RETURNS TO HIS FRATERNITY ROOTS
05/30/2002 THE INDIAN SCENARIO II
05/24/2002 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT US IN WASHINGTON? NOTHING!
05/23/2002 THE IMMIGRANT PARADOX IN EUROPE
05/03/2002 YOU HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ONLY IF YOU USE IT
05/01/2002 MY EMPIRE, 'TIS OF THEE
04/24/2002 THE BIGGEST STORY IN WASHINGTON
04/19/2002 WHY BUSH WILL BE A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT
04/17/2002 UNREST IN THE PROMISED LAND
04/12/2002 THE CONGRESS MOVES TO BLOCK A NEW KING GEORGE
04/11/2002 COLIN POWELL AS 'THE BIG FELLA'
04/05/2002 BIG NATIONS AND LONG LITTLE WARS
04/04/2002 THE PROVINCIAL PRESS OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
03/28/2002 BUSH'S REAL OPPOSITION: REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVES
03/22/2002 'A BEAUTIFUL MIND': WHEN BOOKS BECOME MOVIES
03/21/2002 THIS PRESIDENT THINKS OUR IGNORANCE IS BLISS
03/15/2002 WHY WE ARE IN AFGHANISTAN
03/13/2002 NIXON AND THE JEWS: A TALE FOR SHAKESPEARE
03/08/2002 TALK IN WASHINGTON IS NEVER CHEAP
03/06/2002 A SPEECH AMERICANS SHOULD HEAR
02/28/2002 SEND ASHCROFT A PENNY FOR HIS THOUGHTS
02/15/2002 PRESIDENT BUSH: THE KING OF THE WORLD
02/13/2002 SUDDENLY THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALIVE AGAIN
02/08/2002 THE BAIT-AND-SWITCH ADMINISTRATION
02/07/2002 SHOULD WE GIVE UP BEING AMERICANS TO SAVE AMERICA?
02/01/2002 BUSH RULES! ... FOR NOW
01/30/2002 EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE: FORGET ENRON, REMEMBER SALVATI
01/25/2002 COLLEGE TIME: OH, GOD, NOT AGAIN!
01/24/2002 STANLEY MARCUS WAS A GREAT AMERICAN
01/18/2002 THE PATRIOTISM OF THE LEFT
01/16/2002 PAT BUCHANAN AND THE DEATH OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
01/11/2002 POLITICS IS A RACE AGAINST BOREDOM
01/09/2002 THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE: WAR BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA
01/04/2002 THIS WHITE HOUSE THINKS THE PUBLIC HAS NO RIGHT TO KNOW
01/03/2002 CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: JOKE OF THE NATION
12/28/2001 AFGHANISTAN: MAKING WAR WITHOUT BATTLES
12/20/2001 THE INDIAN SCENARIO: FROM BAD TO WORSE
12/18/2001 "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR" ... SHUT UP, YA BUM!
12/12/2001 THE BEST IN AMERICA
12/07/2001 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISSENT AND TREASON
12/06/2001 TODAY'S PROFILES IN COURAGE
11/30/2001 NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS
11/23/2001 THE WORLD'S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.A.
11/21/2001 BUSH AND NIXON: A CAUTIONARY TALE
11/16/2001 IN WAR, TRUTH AND HISTORY USUALLY DIE FIRST
11/14/2001 EXTRAORDINARY TIMES: SECRET GOVERNMENT (PART I)
11/09/2001 DON'T YOU KNOW THERE'S A WAR ON?
11/07/2001 GARY HART: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
11/02/2001 WHADDYA EXPECT? THE YANKEES ARE FROM NEW YORK
10/31/2001 THE ALLY AMERICA NEEDS NOW IS THAT ANNOYING ONE, INDIA
10/26/2001 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO 'THE END OF HISTORY'?
10/18/2001 TRUTH IN THE PACKAGING OF WAR NEWS
10/12/2001 SECURITY IN THE HOMELAND -- A TOUGH JOB
10/10/2001 THE DANGERS OF CRISIS WITHOUT RULES
10/03/2001 WHY WE WAVE THE FLAG
09/28/2001 A COUP D'ETAT IN NEW YORK?
09/27/2001 RIP VAN WINKLE IN WASHINGTON
09/21/2001 TO DIE IN AFGHANISTAN
09/14/2001 NO MORE EXCUSES. WE WANT PRESIDENT BUSH!
09/12/2001 LOSING OUR INNOCENCE -- AGAIN
09/07/2001 MEXICO: THE 51ST STATE
09/05/2001 THE THIRD WAY APPEARS TO BE A DEAD END
08/31/2001 HERE'S TO THE LOSERS!
08/24/2001 WHY THE PRESS THINKS THE PRESIDENT LIED ON STEM CELLS
08/22/2001 THE MACEDONIA PLAN: MAKE COMMERCIALS, NOT WAR
08/17/2001 IN PRAISE OF THE BERLIN WALL
08/09/2001 AMERICAN BABEL: IT WORKS FINE
08/03/2001 THE DOWNSIZING OF THE GOVERNMENT
08/01/2001 A WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS
07/27/2001 THE YEAR OF THE BORING
07/25/2001 OUR PRETTY CAPABLE PRESIDENT IS BACK HOME
07/20/2001 WHY JOURNALISM MOURNS ITSELF
07/18/2001 A DEATH IN THE NEWSPAPER FAMILY
07/13/2001 A VIEW OF BUSH-GORE FROM THE BOTTOM UP
07/11/2001 AT LAST, SCANDAL AND GOSSIP FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
07/06/2001 WE ARE ALL FACTORY GIRLS HERE
06/29/2001 WOULD THE PENTAGON PAPERS BE PUBLISHED TODAY?
06/28/2001 WAS THE DECLARATION WORTH THE PARCHMENT IT WAS WRITTEN ON?
06/20/2001 ARE WE THINKING TOO FAST FOR OUR OWN GOOD?
06/15/2001 IN THE MATTER OF JOHN NEGROPONTE
06/13/2001 AND NOW: BUSH THREE
06/01/2001 FOLLIES AND FAME IN POLITICS
05/30/2001 BELTWAY POLITICS ARE FUN AGAIN
05/25/2001 THE REPUBLICANS BLACKBALLED JEFFORDS
05/24/2001 THE NEW IMMIGRANTS ARE ACTUALLY NEW PIONEERS
05/18/2001 THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING GOD'S WORK
05/11/2001 WHY YOUR KIDS ARE BETTER THAN YOU ARE
05/09/2001 THE '60s WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE WITH US
05/04/2001 THE NOISY DEATH OF BIPARTISANSHIP
05/02/2001 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE KERREY STORY?
04/27/2001 TIME TO GET BACK INTO THE ASSASSINATION BUSINESS?
04/25/2001 THE MORE THINGS CHANGE ... THE MORE THEY CHANGE
04/20/2001 PRESIDENT BUSH: A BAD FIRST IMPRESSION
04/11/2001 WACKY VETTING IN THE U.S.A.
04/06/2001 APOLOGY IS NO BIG DEAL
04/04/2001 THE SUPERPOWER EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE
03/30/2001 THE SQUISHES ARE BACK!
03/28/2001 WHAT'S WRONG WITH NEWSPAPERS? NOT MUCH
03/21/2001 BUSH: NOTHING NEW IN WASHINGTON
03/16/2001 YANK-BASHING IN BASHED BRITAIN
03/14/2001 THE DYING CATTLE OF THE GLOBAL VILLAGE
03/09/2001 THIS IS THE REPUBLICANS' BIG CHANCE
03/07/2001 BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
03/02/2001 WE HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE ...
02/28/2001 MR. SMITH CAME TO WASHINGTON AND WENT BACK HOME AGAIN
02/23/2001 DEMOCRATS IN TROUBLE
02/22/2001 A THEORY OF THE PRESS
02/09/2001 HOW THE REPUBLICANS WON THE CLASS WAR
02/07/2001 WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT?
01/31/2001 A PRESIDENT LIKE US IS OFF TO A GOOD START
01/26/2001 ELECTION ANALYSIS A LITTLE LATE THIS YEAR
01/24/2001 PRESIDENT FOR SALE OR RENT
01/19/2001 CLOSING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE
01/12/2001 HOW WILL PRESIDENT BUSH DO? 'DEPENDS'
01/10/2001 POLITICS AND ALL THAT JAZZ
01/05/2001 GOVERNMENT'S GREATEST HITS -- AND MISSES
01/03/2001 THE NEXT AGE OF BILL CLINTON
12/29/2000 THE FIRST BIG STORIES OF THE CENTURY
12/28/2000 WHAT'S NEW? NOT THE NEWS
12/22/2000 THE DEATH OF A HERO TOO PROUD
12/20/2000 DREAMING OF A HEALTHY AND GREEN CHRISTMAS
12/15/2000 WHO IS GEORGE BUSH? WE'LL SOON FIND OUT
12/13/2000 THE FULL MONTY OF AMERICAN POLITICS
12/08/2000 THE CLINTONS TRIUMPHANT!
12/06/2000 WAITING FOR GEORGE: THE PREACHERS AND IMPEACHERS
12/01/2000 WHAT'S WRONG WITH AL GORE
11/29/2000 THE FLORIDA FOLLIES SEEN FROM A DISTANCE
11/17/2000 THE MOST DANGEROUS RIGHT: VOTING
11/15/2000 THE GRUMPY OLD MEN OF FLORIDA
11/10/2000 THIS IS A TIME FOR PATRIOTISM
11/08/2000 THIS IS HISTORY WE'RE LIVING TODAY
11/03/2000 WHY GORE WON/LOST; WHY BUSH DID, TOO
11/01/2000 BUSH IS RUNNING A BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN
10/25/2000 WHY THEY DON'T LIKE GORE
10/20/2000 AL GORE, PHONE HOME -- THE WHITE HOUSE
10/18/2000 THE MAN WHO RENTED THE PRESIDENT
10/13/2000 THE HUMBLE SUPERPOWER? C'MON!
10/11/2000 WHAT'S WRONG WITH AL GORE?
10/04/2000 MAYBE AL GORE IS TOO SMART FOR OUR OWN GOOD
10/02/2000 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLINTON AND GORE
09/27/2000 REPORT FROM YORBA LINDA
09/22/2000 ON DEFENSE, AL GORE IS NO BILL CLINTONThis column is unavailable at UPS; for an email copy write to rr@richardreeves.com
09/20/2000 WHY JON CORZINE CAN BEAT MOST ANY TACO
09/15/2000 HILLARY DEBATES -- NOT BADLY
09/13/2000 THE VIEW FROM THE LEFT
09/06/2000 WHY SHOULD POLITICIANS LIKE REPORTERS?
09/01/2000 AND THE WINNER WILL BE ... AL GORE
08/30/2000 WHY WE ARE IN COLOMBIA
08/25/2000 HERE'S THE REAL NEWS
08/23/2000 THE NEW POPULISM OF AL GORE
08/18/2000 THE UNCOMFORT ZONE OF THE CONVENTION
08/16/2000 FAREWELL TO A GREAT ONE
08/11/2000 AL GORE AND THE 800-POUND GORILLA
08/09/2000 THE MIXED MARRIAGES OF AL GORE
08/04/2000 NICE SPEECH, BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
08/02/2000 THE OVERCONFIDENCE OF GEORGE W. BUSH
07/28/2000 HOW THE CONVENTIONS DIED
07/26/2000 THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
07/21/2000 CLINTON: 'D-E-E-E-FENSE! ... D-E-E-E-FENSE!'
07/14/2000 A BAD HAIR DAY FOR TONY BLAIR
07/12/2000 STOP THE GLOBE; HE WANTS TO GET OFF
06/29/2000 MAN AND SCIENCE IN THE NEW CENTURY
06/21/2000 WHY POLITICIANS ARE MORE HONEST THAN YOU ARE
06/14/2000 AND THEN I WROTE ...
06/09/2000 A TALE OF TWO CLINTONS AND TWO CITIES
06/07/2000 THE MAN WHO PUSHED JOURNALISM TO THE RIGHT
06/02/2000 YET ANOTHER 'NEW' GORE
05/31/2000 GIVE US YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR -- AND YOUR BEST
05/26/2000 RIBS, BUD LIGHT AND STOMPING FOR DOLLARS
05/24/2000 THE GHOST OF WARS PAST -- AND FUTURE
05/19/2000 NIXON LIVES! -- AT LEAST TO HIS MEN
05/12/2000 GORE AND BUSH AS NIXON AND KENNEDY
05/03/2000 THE CHOICES FOR VICE PRESIDENT
04/28/2000 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT KENT STATE?
04/26/2000 NOW THEY TELL US: SLEEP MORE!
04/21/2000 WHY GORE-BUSH? CLASS COUNTS!
04/19/2000 VIETNAM: DID 55,000 DIE FOR NOTHING?
04/14/2000 'THE HOLDS' ARE COMING!
04/05/2000 A NEW SET OF HUSTLERS IN TOWN
03/29/2000 THE WORDS AND DEEDS OF RUDY G.
03/24/2000 ARE AMERICANS DIFFERENT? WE THINK SO
03/22/2000 OLD IDEAS AND YOUNG PEOPLE COULD MEAN WAR
03/17/2000 NO MORE MISTER NICE GUYS
03/16/2000 THE ODDS ARE IT'S GORE, BUT ...
03/10/2000 MONEY TALKS AND TALKS AND TALKS
02/25/2000 THE BITTER FRUIT OF KUWAIT AND KOSOVO
02/23/2000 CAMPAIGN 2000: BOB JONES VS. AL SHARPTON
02/18/2000 RATING PRESIDENTS -- REAL AND WOULD-BE
02/16/2000 FLIP-FLOPPING OR GROWING?
02/11/2000 JOHN MCCAIN -- THE ANTI-EVERYTHING
02/02/2000 THE GORE PROBLEM: PERFECT FAILURE?
01/28/2000 CLINTON AND THE 'L' WORD
01/26/2000 THE NOT-SO-GRAND OLD PARTY
01/21/2000 MR. HELMS GOES TO NEW YORK
01/19/2000 THE BIGGEST STORY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
01/14/2000 THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GORE AND BRADLEY
01/12/2000 THE NEW POLITICS.COM
01/03/2000 THE AMERICAN WAY: PRO AND CON
12/29/1999 THE AMERICAN WAY: PRO AND CON
12/23/1999 MEN OF PRINCIPLE, MEN OF POLLS
12/18/1999 PUTTING GOD BACK IN THE CONSTITUTION
12/17/1999 MAYBE TWO MEN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
12/15/1999 MAY I TROUBLE YOU, W?
12/10/1999 THE 20TH CENTURY'S TOP 10
12/08/1999 HERE WE GO AGAIN, RUNNING AGAINST WASHINGTON
12/03/1999 POLITICS TAKES ON TRADE
12/01/1999 WHO IS THE REAL HILLARY CLINTON?
11/24/1999 OOPS! WE CHANGED ECONOMIC POLICY
11/19/1999 THE END OF BALANCE OF POWER
11/17/1999 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE
11/11/1999 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT SMART TO BE PRESIDENT
11/10/1999 WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE BUILDING OF THE BERLIN WALL
11/05/1999 THE GUNS OF NOVEMBER: NO BIG DEAL
11/03/1999 THE U.N. RUNS THE WORLD? GET SERIOUS
10/29/1999 THE NEW KNOW-NOTHINGS
10/28/1999 HOLY WAR AGAINST THE BIG BANKS
10/15/1999 PRESIDENT CLINTON AND THE NEW ISOLATIONISTS
10/13/1999 ONLY THE ARMY WORKS IN PAKISTAN
10/08/1999 TRUMP: A NAME FOR THE TIMES
10/01/1999 THE USES OF CONTROVERSY
09/29/1999 THE POLITICS OF NARRATIVE
09/24/1999 WHITE HOUSE LIFE IMITATING ART
09/22/1999 A TALE OF TWO SPEECHES
09/17/1999 THE SHERIFF OF THE WORLD ROUNDS UP A POSSE
09/15/1999 CONGRESS PUTS ON ITS CLOWN CAPS
09/10/1999 JOHN MC CAIN: A CANDIDATE OF THE HEART
09/08/1999 THE ROYAL 'WE' AND THE GOVERNOR ALONE
09/03/1999 IT'S HARD TO TELL WHERE AMERICA ENDS AND THE WORLD BEGINS
09/01/1999 THE SHAKEDOWN IN THE HAMPTONS
08/27/1999 CLINTON'S LEGACY: WACO
08/13/1999 AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS
08/11/1999 WHICH WAR NEXT? MONTENEGRO OR COLOMBIA?
08/04/1999 WOODSTOCK: THEN AND NOW
07/30/1999 LOSING THE PEACE? BLAME THE UNITED NATIONS
07/26/1999 THE DECLINE OF POLITICS
07/21/1999 THE KENNEDYS: THE ENDLESS STORY
07/16/1999 THE NEW POLITICS OF 1999
07/14/1999 WORLD WAR III: KOSOVO, KASHMIR, TAIWAN
07/09/1999 ARE MUSLIMS AMERICANS OR NOT?
07/07/1999 WHAT'S IN A NAME? THE PRESIDENCY!
07/02/1999 THE OLD LADY IN THE WHEELBARROW
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LOS ANGELES — My favorite Tea Party guy is Merle Firestone from Rainbow, Miss., who left home at 4 a.m. last Saturday morning to drive to Nashville. He left a note on the coffeepot for his wife saying he wanted to hear Sarah Palin at the "National Convention" of the "Tea Party." He could not afford a $300 ticket to get into the auditorium at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, but he thought he might get a glimpse of the former Alaska governor.
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Edmund Burke And Obama 2.0
LOS ANGELES — First the news: Barack Obama is a hell of a speaker. His first State of the Union message will not change history, but it was a skillful balancing act between the winds of change he wants to ride and the sour and contradictory winds of discontent blowing across the United States.
Who Is That Masked Man?
WASHINGTON — When Barack Obama of Illinois first walked into the Capitol of the United States as a senator-elect in 2004, he was greeted with the usual bowing and scraping that senators take for granted in those hallowed halls. His wife was stunned, saying, as I recall: "What will they do if you actually achieve something?"
Why We Are In Haiti -- Because We're Americans
PHILADELPHIA — In February of 1961, President Kennedy asked this question of Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India: "What do you think of the idea of our Peace Corps?"
Why You're Your Own Doctor
DENVER — All of your adult life it seems you are told that you are your own doctor. You don't believe that, or perhaps, just don't think about it, until there inevitably comes a time when you have to spend a good deal of time with physicians.
Harry Reid: The Dealer From Nevada
WASHINGTON — Harry Reid, you may have noticed, is not a very colorful fellow. Among the interesting things you can say about him is that he is the first Capitol police officer to become a senator working in that same building.
Is Obama A B-plus President?
LOS ANGELES — It's the time of year when college instructors grade papers. Having done this for more than 10 years at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism here at the University of Southern California, I would offer this general rule: Students usually think they deserve a half-grade better than what they get. Give them a B, they think they should have gotten a B-plus.
We, The People, Are Not At War
WASHINGTON — So, our extraordinarily rational and articulate president went to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and identified himself as a wartime commander-in-chief. True, but he neglected to mention that his nation is not at war.
Lost In Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama says a lot of smart things. During his campaign last year, in his second debate with Sen. John McCain, in Nashville, he closed by saying:
The Late, Great State Of California
LOS ANGELES — California, contrary to popular opinion, is not broke. It's only crazy, mean and at war with itself.
The United States — Decline And Fall?
LOS ANGELES — It has become fashionable on both the left and the right to compare the United States to ancient Rome. Decline and fall: We are a militaristic power trying to make everyone else in the known world submit to our way, or we are an irreligious, hedonistic bunch going the way of all flesh. Or maybe both.
An Audience Of One
LOS ANGELES — Most of what you read, see and hear about Afghanistan is not meant for you. The words, optimistic and pessimistic, right and wrong, all the leaks, all the numbers of troop estimates, costs and polls are aimed at an audience of one: the president.
Conservatives Poised To Repeat History
LOS ANGELES — Was George Santayana right when he said that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it?
Why Canadians Are Laughing At Us
AUSTIN, Texas — A guy walks up to you in a bar here and asks, "Are you a Republican, conservative or independent?" You can't tell if he's kidding. After all, this is the most liberal place in the state. It's also where I first heard about Shona Holmes, the Canadian lady.
When History Calls
LOS ANGELES — Sen. Olympia Snowe said last week that in the end, which is near, she may or may not vote for health care reform. But she will, judging by her last comment as the Senate Finance Committee voted out a bill: "When history calls, history calls."
Better Jaw-jaw Than War-war
LOS ANGELES — Obviously, the world, or at least a heck of a lot of foreigners, love Barack Obama. The Nobel Peace Prize is an impressive, if surprising, symbol of that.
Trust Your Instincts, Mr. President
LOS ANGELES — We do not pay the president by the hour and, I understand, he has some pretty good telecommuting equipment. So if he wants to take a 20-hour trip to Copenhagen, even in a lost cause, the Republic will survive.
